LSTS Members

Contact

Rosamunde Van Brakel
Law Science Technology & Society (LSTS)
Building B, room 4B317
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium

Phone
secretary +32 2 629 24 60
direct
fax +32 2 629 26 62

Email
rvbrakel@vub.ac.be

Rosamunde van Brakel has studied at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and University of Ottawa and obtained degrees in both educational sciences and criminology. She has been a visiting researcher at the Surveillance Studies Centre at Queens University in Canada, is an expert in the EU COST-LISS project and is Associate Member Representative on the Network and Editorial Board of the Surveillance Studies Network.

Since 2006 she has been doing doctoral research on pre-emptive surveillance of children at the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Sheffield, which will be continued at LSTS from March 2011 in the context of the FP7 SIAM project. The doctoral research focuses on the social, ethical and legal issues involved in the implementation of pre-emptive surveillance technologies in the context of crime prevention.

Research Interests include: surveillance studies, sociology of crime control, technology and policing, children's rights, history of normality and deviance, philosophy of technology, science and technology studies.

Publications

Maes Eric, Mine Benjamin, De Man Caroline, Van Brakel Rosamunde (2011) Naar elektronisch toezicht in het kader van de voorlopige hechtenis?. Fatik, published by Liga voor Mensenrechten.

Maes Eric, Van Brakel Rosamunde, De Man Caroline, Mine Benjamin (2011) Een belichting van de mogelijkheden om het elektronisch toezicht toe te passen in het kader van de voorlopige hechtenis. from De voorlopige hechtenis en haar alternatieven, eds. E. Maes & A. Jonckheere, published by Academia Press Wetenschappelijke Uitgeverij.

Mine Benjamin, De Man Caroline, Maes Eric, Van Brakel Rosamunde (2011) Exercice de mise en perspective des possibilités d'application de la surveillance électronique dans le cadre de la détention préventive. from La détention préventive et ses alternatives, eds. A. Jonckheere & E. Maes, published by Academia Press Wetenschappelijke Uitgeverij.

Van Brakel Rosamunde (2011) Book Review: Nelson, Margaret K. and Anita I. Garey (eds.) 2009 Who's Watching? Daily Practices of Surveillance Among Contemporary Families. Nashville: Vanderbilt Press. Surveillance and Society, issue 3, vol.8, pp.391 - 393.

Van Brakel Rosamunde, De Hert Paul (2011) Policing, surveillance and law in a pre-crime society: Understanding the consequences of technology based strategies. Journal of Police Studies, issue 20, vol.20, n. 3, pp.163 - 192, published by Maklu.

Maes Eric, Van Brakel Rosamunde, De Man Caroline, Mine Benjamin (2010) Toepassingsmogelijkheden van het elektronisch toezicht in het kader van de voorlopige hechtenis. .

Van Brakel Rosamunde, De Hert Paul (2010) Bodyscanners roepen te veel vragen op. Private Veiligheid-Sécurité Privée, issue 44, pp.15 - 16, published by Politeia Uitgeverij.

Martin Aaron, Van Brakel Rosamunde, Bernhard Daniel J (2009) Understanding resistance to digital surveillance: Towards a multi-disciplinary, multi-actor framework. Surveillance and Society, issue 3, vol.6, pp.213 - 232.