Jasmina Arnez

Jasmina is a Research Associate at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, and the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford.

In her work, Jasmina explores the links between school exclusion and youth offending and topics related to youth justice. In particular, she is interested in how structural harms and youth justice practices interplay to marginalise some young people, and how to 'do' youth justice in a socially fairer way. 

Jasmina graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. She passed the State Bar Examination, after which she worked for several years as a judicial advisor at the District Court in Ljubljana (Criminal Division). After completing her M.Phil, D.Phil, and ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, Jasmina joined Keele University as a Lecturer in Criminology before starting her current position at the Institute of Criminology in Ljubljana.  

Jasmina is an external project reviewer for the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) and an advisory board member in the Contextual Safeguarding project at the Department of Sociology, University of Durham. She is also a Visiting Professor at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. 

In September 2022, Jasmina published a monograph entitled Negotiating Class in Youth Justice: Professional Practice and Interactions with Routledge. The book explores how class shapes interactions between professionals, parents, and young people in the youth justice system. You can find more information about the book here: https://www.routledge.com/Negotiating-Class-in-Youth-Justice-Professional-Practice-and-Interactions/Arnez/p/book/9780367721732