Koen Geijsen PhD MBA – personal webpage

Koen Geijsen

personal webpage

about me

I am a scientific researcher at Team Research of the Police Academy of the Netherlands

and associated with the Forensic Psychology Section of Maastricht University

I work as a police officer (assistent public prosecutor) in the city centre of Amsterdam on a regular basis

and I am a proud member of ‘Roze in Blauw’ (‘Pink in Blue’), the LGBT+ network of the Amsterdam Police

‘The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error’ (Bertold Brecht)

Experience

Scientific Researcher, Team Research, Department of Knowledge & Research, Police Academy of the Netherlands (2018-now)
Senior Police Officer, Team Centrum-Amstel, Amsterdam Police Department (2016 – 2018)
Member of ‘Pink in Blue’, the LHBT+ network of the Amsterdam Police Department (1998-2005, 2016-now)
Psychologist in training / internship (2012-2013)
Senior Police Officer, National Police Agency of the Netherlands, Traffic Police Department, Breda (2008-2011)
Police Lieutenant, Region Police Midden & West Brabant, Tilburg (2006-2008)
Senior Police Officer, Region Police Brabant Zuid-Oost, Eersel (2005-2006)
Police Sergeant, Region Police Amsterdam-Amstelland, Traffic Department (2003-2005)
Management Development Trainee, Region Police Amsterdam-Amstelland (2000-2003)

Education

MBA in General Management at the Open University of the Netherlands (2016-2021)
PhD in Forensic Psychology at Maastricht University and the Police Academie of the Netherlands (2014-2018)
Master in Clinical Psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands (2012-2013)
Bachelor in Psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands (2007-2012)
Executive Master in Tactical Policing at the Police Academy of the Netherlands (1996-2000)

phD thesis

Persons at risk during interrogations in police custody

Different perspectives on vulnerable suspects

My PhD thesis addresses the prevalence of psychological vulnerabilities in police suspects. In addition, police interrogations of vulnerable suspects and the influence of police detention center environments on suspects are explored.

This was the first (exploratory) research on these subjects in the Netherlands.

Supervisors:
Prof. Corine de Ruiter (Professor of Forensic Psychology at Maastricht University)
Prof. Nicolien Kop (Professor of Applied Sciences at the Police Academy)

Click on the cover to view or to download my thesis.

publications

Bockstaele, M., Declercq, F., Kranendonk, R., Geijsen, K., & Van Dijk, A. (2021). Verhoor van kwetsbare volwassenen (Cahier Politiestudies, 58 ed., Vol. 1). Antwerpen: Gompel & Svacina.
Geijsen, K., De Ruiter, C., & Otgaar, H. (2021). Van politieverhoorders naar politie-interviewers: Selectie en toekomstige functieprofielen. Cahier Politiestudies, 58(1), 35-58.
Geijsen, K. (2019). Over de inrichting van cellencomplexen, verdachten en het politieverhoor. In-Mind, 3.
Geijsen, K. (2019). Kwetsbare verdachten tijdens het politieverhoor. Ars Aequi, 5, 416-419.
Otgaar, H., De Ruiter, C., La Rooy, D., Horselenberg, R., Herskowitz, I., & Geijsen, K. (2019). The burden of proof of the Dutch police: Why the Scenario Model continues to deliver low quality child interviews. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 1-3. DOI:10.1002/acp.3541.
Source
Geijsen, K. (2018). Persons at risk during interrogations in police custody: Different perspectives on vulnerable suspects (Doctoral dissertation). DOI: 10.26482/dis.20181101kg.
Geijsen, K., Kop, N., & De Ruiter, C. (2018). Overnachten in een politiecel: Een onderzoek naar het psychisch welzijn en slaapproblemen van verdachten. Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, 60(3), 312-326. DOI: 10.5553/TvC/0165182X2018060003003.
Geijsen, K., Kop, N., & De Ruiter, C. (2018). Screening for intellectual disability in Dutch police suspects. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. Published online 14 April 2018. DOI: 10.1002/jip.1502.
Geijsen, K., De Ruiter, C., & Kop, N. (2018). Identifying psychological vulnerabilities: Studies on police suspects mental health issues and police officers’ views. Cogent Psychology, 5(1), 1462133. Published online 19 April 2018. DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2018.1462133.
Geijsen, K., Vanbelle, S., Kop, N., & De Ruiter, C. (2018). The interrogation of vulnerable suspects in the Netherlands: An exploratory study. Investigative Interviewing: Research and Practice, 9(1), 34-51.
Geijsen, K., & De Ruiter, C. (2017). Het Nederlandse politieverhoor van verdachten anno 2017. Strafblad, 79(2), 157-162.
Boon, R., Odinot, G., Horselenberg, R., & Geijsen, K. (2016). Van verhoor naar forensisch interview: Naar een effectieve interviewstandaard voor de politie. Het Tijdschrift voor de Politie, 78(4), 20-25.