Author; tdaems2

Nothing beats the smell of a new book (or – let me rephrase – almost nothing: good coffee, drams of Laphroaig or Lagavulin, or very, very old books are strong competitors).  Today the print copies of Criminology and Democratic Politics landed in my mailbox.  It’s a great volume with a wonderful line-up of authors – […]

In November 2020 the Flemish minister of Justice expressed her concerns about the increasing use of electronic monitoring (EM) in Flanders: numbers had risen sharply (+25%) due to the covid-crisis. This situation was no longer acceptable, so she argued: EM is too labour-intensive and it costs too much to the Flemish tax payer.  Moreover, EM […]

Welcome to https://tomdaems.com/. Dealing with covid-19 and surviving lock-down not only proved (and proves) to be a major challenge but it also forced many of us to live our private and professional lives increasingly online. Some of you (like me) may have gotten angry or frustrated for failing internet connections or for forgetting to push […]