Tinneke Van Camp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor/Victimology Coordinator

Biographical Sketch

Prior to joining the CSU, Fresno Criminology Department in 2016, Dr. Tinneke Van Camp had been teaching at the School of Law at the University of Sheffield, UK. Tinneke has a Master’s degree in Criminology from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium and earned a Ph.D. in Criminology from the Université de Montréal, Canada. Her research interests include, but are not limited to, consequences of victimization, restorative justice, wrongful convictions, and procedural justice. She has conducted research at the National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology, Belgium and was granted and completed a Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship from the European Commission to explore crime victims’ reasons for participation in restorative justice interventions. She was also actively involved as a post-doctoral research fellow in a project concerning teen dating violence at the Department of Sexology at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

She is an editor for the International Review of Victimology and Series Co-Editor for the book series ‘Studies in Restorative Justice’ by De Gruyter Brill. Citations for additional select publications are below:

• Paradis, A., Fortin, A., Van Camp, T., Hébert, M., & Fernet, M. (2024). A latent class analysis of adolescent dating violence: Associations with daily conflict management. Child Abuse & Neglect, 149, 106619.
• Summers, M., & Van Camp, T. (2022). “Maybe We Should Destigmatize It”: Young Adults’ Perceptions about Instruction on Sexual Consent and Sexual Coercion During Adolescence. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 9(1), 76-94.
• Van Camp, T. (2017). Understanding victim participation in restorative practices: Looking for justice for oneself as well as for others. European Journal of Criminology, 14(6), 679-696.
• Van Camp, T., & Wemmers, J. A. (2016). Victims’ reflections on the protective and proactive approaches to the offer of restorative justice: The importance of information. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 58(3), 415-442.
• Van Camp, T. (2014). Victims of violence and restorative practices: finding a voice. Routledge.Van Camp, T., Hébert, M., Guidi, E., Lavoie, F., & Blais, M. (2014). Teens’ self-efficacy to deal with dating violence as victim, perpetrator or bystander. International Review of Victimology, 20(3), 289-303.
• Van Camp, T., & Wemmers, J. A. (2013). Victim satisfaction with restorative justice: More than simply procedural justice. International Review of Victimology, 19(2), 117-143.

Courses Taught

• CRIM 109: Comparative Systems of Criminal Justice
• CRIM 170: Research Methods in Criminal Justice
• CRIM 175: Victimology
• CRIM 176: Victim Services
• CRIM 178: Restorative Justice
• CRIM 275: Victimology and Social Change