Zeman
Petr
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Director, Senior researcher
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Institute of Criminology and Social Prevention
In Programme
- October, 23 to
About
Petr Zeman is a lawyer working at the Institute of Criminology and Social Prevention (IKSP) in Prague. He graduated in 1997 as a Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the Law Faculty of Charles University in Prague. In 2000 he completed a Ph.D. degree in Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and Criminology at the same University. After one-year practice as a candidate attorney he joined IKSP, the leading workplace of criminological research in the Czech Republic. In 2005 he became a senior researcher at IKSP and since 2012 he has acted as a Head of Research Section. In 2020 he was appointed Director of IKSP. His main fields of professional interest include drug-related crime; drug policy; the treatment of dangerous offenders and the functioning of the criminal justice system.
