Nina Persak
Nina Persak is a research professor at the Faculty of Law, Ghent University, Belgium. She holds a doctorate in law from University of Ljubljana and an LL.M. (Law) and M.Phil. (Social and Developmental Psychology) from University of Cambridge. Her research interests lie in the fields of criminology, criminal law, criminal legal philosophy (in particular criminalisation theory), human rights, victimology, sociology of law and social psychology. She is the author of Criminalising Harmful Conduct:...See more
Nina Persak is a research professor at the Faculty of Law, Ghent University, Belgium. She holds a doctorate in law from University of Ljubljana and an LL.M. (Law) and M.Phil. (Social and Developmental Psychology) from University of Cambridge. Her research interests lie in the fields of criminology, criminal law, criminal legal philosophy (in particular criminalisation theory), human rights, victimology, sociology of law and social psychology. She is the author of Criminalising Harmful Conduct: The Harm Principle, its Limits and Continental Counterparts (Springer, 2007) and editor of Legitimacy and Trust in Criminal Law, Policy and Justice: Norms, Procedures, Outcomes (Ashgate, 2014). See less
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