Bio

The way we think and approach life distinguishes who we are and what we accomplish in life. Optimism, determination, helpfulness and sincerity are qualities that characterise me. In recent years I developed myself as a teacher and researcher, whereby I managed groups and projects and extended my knowledge about criminal law, psychology and research methods. Currently I am working on my PhD project about online sex offending and grooming. 

Expertise

My first chapter publication is now published: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789462652873. 

In my first article (currently under review), we used a qualitative thematic analysis to analyse 195 cases of chat conversations between online groomers and operators posing as a minor Filipino girl, to investigate online groomers' approaches to entice minors for sexual activities. 

For more information: ✉ M.Kleijn@tilburguniversity.edu
 

Teaching

In the Master Clinical Forensic Psychology, I supervise 7 students with their master's thesis. 

Recent publications

  1. Sexual offending pathways and chat conversations in an online environ…

    Kleijn, M., & Bogaerts, S. (2021). Sexual offending pathways and chat conversations in an online environment. Sexual Abuse. A Journal of Research and Treatment, 33(8), 871-890.
  2. Sexual-orientated online chat conversations - Characteristics and tes…

    Kleijn, M., & Bogaerts, S. (2019). Sexual-orientated online chat conversations: Characteristics and testing pathways of online perpetrators. In S. van der Hof, I. Georgieva, B. Schermer, & B.-J. Koops (Eds.), Sweetie 2.0: Using artificial intelligence to fight webcam child sex tourism (Vol. 31, pp. 95-112). (Information Technology and Law ). T.M.C. Asser Press.

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