Prof. Dr Witold Klaus
Research unit:
PhD in law, professor at the Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (Head of the Department of Criminology), researcher in the Centre of Migration Research at Warsaw University; a lawyer and criminologist; President of the Board of the Association for Legal Intervention.
Main areas of academic interest cover: criminology, victimology, criminal policy, human rights, refugee and immigrant rights, migration policy, juvenile and restorative justice.
Awards:
- 2009 second prize for the best legal Ph.D. thesis awarded by one of the leading Polish legal journal called “State and Law” [“Państwo i Prawo”]
- 2009 Social Nobel Prize by Ashoka Foundation – Innovators for the Public
Scholarships:
- 2018 – British Academy Visiting Fellowship, Edge Hill University, UK
- 2015 – Scholarship of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany
- 2012 – Alumnae of The US Department of States International Visitor Leadership Program (Human Trafficking and Forced Labour).
Selected publications:
Monographs:
- W. Klaus, Przemoc ze strony najbliższych w doświadczeniach życiowych uchodźczyń. Analiza kryminologiczna [Intimate partner violence in the lifecourse of refugee women. A criminological approach], Wydawnictwo Naukowe „Scholar”, Warszawa 2016
- K. Buczkowski, B. Czarnecka-Dzialuk, W. Klaus, A. Kossowska, I. Rzeplińska, P. Wiktorska, D. Woźniakowska-Fajst, D. Wójcik, Criminality and Criminal Justice in Contemporary Poland. Sociopolitical Perspectives, Ashgate 2015
- W. Klaus, Dziecko przed sądem. Wymiar sprawiedliwości wobec przestępczości młodszych nieletnich [Youth before the court. Justice system for the younger juveniles], Wydawnictwa Naukowe i Profesjonalne Warszawa 2009 (1st editon), Wydawnictwo ŁośGraf 2012 (2nd edition)
Articles (published in English):
- W. Klaus, M. Lévay, I. Rzeplińska, M. Scheinost, Refugees and asylum seekers in Central-European Countries – reality, politics and the creation of fear in societies, w: H. Kury, S. Redo (red.), Refugees and Migrants in Law and Policy Challenges and Opportunities for Global Civic Education, Springer 2018, s. 457-494.
- A. Gliszczyńska-Grabias, W. Klaus, “Governmental Xenophobia” and Crimmigration: European States’ Policy and Practices towards “the Other”, “No-Foundations: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Law and Justice” 2018, vol. 15, s. 74-100.
- W. Klaus, Closing gates to refugees. The causes and effects of the ‘2015 migration crisis’ on border management in Hungary and Poland, “The Yearbook of the Institute of East-Central Europe” 2017, vol. 15(3), s. 41-64.
- W. Klaus, Families as a collective abuser. A case of family violence against Chechen refugee women in Poland, „Studia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny” 2017, nr 3 (165), s. 89-108
- W. Klaus, Security First – New Right-Wing Government in Poland and its Policy Towards Immigrants and Refugees, “Surveillance and Society” 2017, vol. 15, issue 3/4, s. 523-528
- W. Klaus, I. Rzeplińska, D. Woźniakowska-Fajst, Victimisation and delinquency of minors in Central-European countries, w: H. Kury, S. Redo, E. Shea (red.), Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background – Prevention – Reintegration. Suggestions for Succeeding Generations (Vol. 1), Springer 2016, s. 791-820.
- W. Klaus, K. Buczkowski, P. Wiktorska, Empowering the victims of crime: a real goal of the criminal justice system or no more than a pipe dream?, w: G. Meško, J. Tankebe (red.), Trust and Legitimacy in Criminal Justice. European perspectives, Springer, Cham-Heidelberg-New York-Dordrecht-London 2015, s. 65-92.
- W. Klaus, D. Woźniakowska-Fajst, Protecting women against violence – a global challenge, w: A. Filip, M. Platzer (red.), Femicide. Volume III: Targeting of Women in Conflict, Academic Council on the United Nations System, Vienna 2015, s. 83-88.
- W. Klaus, Forced Female Migrants as Victims of Violence in Poland, w: S. Domazetoska, M. Platzer, G. Plaku (red.), Femicide. A Global Issue that Demands Action. Volume II, Academic Council on the United Nations System, Vienna 2014, s. 109-113.
- A. Kossowska, K. Buczkowski, W. Klaus, I. Rzeplińska, D. Woźniakowska-Fajst, The role of politicians and the media in society’s perception of crime, w: A. Šelih, A. Završnik (red.), Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, New York-Heidelberg-Dordrecht-London, Springer 2012, s. 37-63.
- W. Klaus, I. Rzeplińska, D. Woźniakowska-Fajst, Punitivity In Polish Law, Public Oppinion, And Penal Policy, w: H. Kury & E. Shea (red.), Punitivity. International Development. Vol. 2: Insecurity and Punitiveness, Universitätsverlag Brockmeyer, Bochum 2011, s. 245-268.