I studied Criminology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Lic., 1993) and obtained my PhD in Criminological Sciences in 2008 from the same university, under the supervision of prof. em. dr. Lieven Dupont and prof. em. dr. Tony Peters. My doctoral thesis was published as ‘Van gevangenisstraf naar vrijheidsstraf' [From prison sentence to deprivation of liberty, Maklu, 2009). I am a board member of the Flemish Society of Criminology (Vlaamse Vereniging voor Criminologie) and I participate in the editorial board of the Flemish criminological journal Panopticon. My main research interests focus on penological topics: (the history of) prison regimes, the implementation of prison sentences and community sanctions, electronic monitoring, conditional release, pre-trial detention and alternatives, and recidivism studies.