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Herman Diederiks
Herman Diederiks (9 October 1937 in Rotterdam – 11 August 1995 in Ardèche) was a Dutch historian who specialized in crime and justice history in the Netherlands. In 1978, he was one of the founders of the International Association for the History of Crime and Criminal Justice (IAHCCJ).
Life.
Diederiks joined the department of economic and social history of the University of Leiden around 1970, at a time when it was common in Dutch academia to hire people for teaching who would complete their PhD later
crime and criminal justice.
From its inception, and with the assistance of the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, the Association published a Bulletin for its members. In 1997 the Bulletin was replaced by the bi-annual, bi-lingual (English/French) journal, "Crime, Histoire & Sociétés/Crime, History & Societies".
Herman Diederiks prize.
Each year, as an encouragement to young scholars of the subject, the Association and the journal offer the Herman Diederiks Prize for the best article