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Dr. Krisztina Gula E-mail: |
Main research subjects
| » | Offenders with mental disorders and the criminal justice system, insanity, compulsory treatment |
| » | Behavioral economic analysis of criminal law |
| » | Comparative study of budgetary fraud with an international focus |
Main research projects
| 2025 | International comparison of state actions against criminal offenses against public finances – how to increase the effectiveness of such actions and the deterrent effect of legal consequences |
Selected publications
| 1. | The Regulation and the Practice of Compulsory Treatment – A Behavioural Economic Perspective In: Rusinné Fedor Anita (ed.): Tudomány: út a világ megismeréséhez II. Debreceni Egyetemi Kiadó, Debrecen, 2024, pp. 75–87. |
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| 2. | Biases in the Criminal Justice System with Reference to the Practice of the Compulsory Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders In: Csoknya Éva (ed.): Studia Iuridica Auctoritate Universitatis Pécs Publicata: Essays of Faculty of Law. University of Pécs Yearbook of 2021-2022. University of Pécs Faculty of Law, Pécs, 2023, pp. 33–44 |
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| 3. | Heurisztikák a büntető igazságszolgáltatásban, figyelemmel a kényszergyógykezelés szabályozására és gyakorlatára [Biases in the Criminal Justice System with Reference to the Regulation and Practice of the Compulsory Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders] Magyar Jog, 2022/3., pp. 173–178 |
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| 4. | Bűnüldözés [Law Enforcement] In: Deli Gergely – Kemény Gábor – Tóth József (eds.): Bevezetés a jog viselkedési közgazdaságtani elemzésébe [Introduction into the Behavioural Economic Analysis of Law]. Jogállam és Igazság Nonprofit Kft., Budapest, 2020, pp. 187–210 |
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| 5. | Treating Through Sanctioning, Sanctioning Through Treatment – The Compulsory Treatment of Offenders Suffering from Mental Illness or Addiction: A Hungarian Perspective In: Grzegorz Blicharz (ed.): Marriage, Children, and Family. Modern Challenges and Comparative Law Perspective. Wydawnictwo Instytutu Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości, Warsaw, 2019, pp. 451-489 |
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| 6. | Bűnhődés bűnösség nélkül. A kényszergyógykezelés patológiája a hazai szabályozás és a nemzetközi tapasztalatok tükrében [Punishment without Crime. The Pathology of Compulsory Treatment Considering the Hungarian Regulation and International Pieces of Experience] Magyar Jog, 2018/7–8., pp. 401–40 |
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| 7. | Sanction without Crime: The Involuntary Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders – A Hungarian Perspective Lawyr.it, 2017/2., pp. 14–17 |
Professional experiences
| 2025– | National Institute of Criminology (OKRI) Associate Research Fellow |
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| 2019–2025 | ebm-papst Hungary Kft. Legal and Financial Expert |
Education and courses
| 2019– | PhD Candidate pre-degree certificate obtained: 2023 Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Doctoral School of Law and Political Sciences Topic: Punishment without Crime. The Compulsory Treatment of Mentally Disordered Offenders in Criminal Law |
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| 2021 | Lawyer-Economist Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Economic Sciences diploma grade: very good |
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| 2019 | Jurist Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law diploma grade: summa cum laude |
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| 2014–2019 | Bibó István College of Advanced Legal Studies, Institute of Criminal Sciences |
Scholarships and Awards
| 2024 | University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Law and Society Fulbright Scholarship – Fulbright visiting researcher Rosztoczy Foundation Scholarship Program Hungarian State Scholarship Eötvös |
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| 2024 | Behavioral Health Court of the Superior Court of California (San Francisco, CA), Los Angeles County Mental Health Court, Alameda County Behavioral Health Court (Oakland, CA) – visiting researcher | |
| 2022 | New National Excellence Program – Scholarship for Doctoral Students | |
| 2022 | Scholarship of Excellence of the Ministry of Justice | |
| 2017 | Europa Universität Viadrina, The European System of Human Rights Protection, Frankfurt an der Oder | |
| 2016 | Prague International Summer School on Crime, Law, and Psychology, Praha | |
| 2016 | CEEPUS Freemover Scholarship, Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz |
Professional awards and honors
| 2023 | 26th “Spring Wind” Conference of the Association of Hungarian PhD and DLA Candidates, Criminal Law Subsection, I. prize | |
| 2019 | National Academic Essay Competition, Office of the Prosecutor General, I. prize | |
| 2017 | National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference, Criminal Law Section, I. prize |
Membership
| 2024– | International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Mental Health Courts and Diversion Programs Special Interest Group – chair, associate editor of newsletter, member | |
| 2023– | Fulbright Association – member | |
| 2015–2019 | Lawyr.it international journal of law and political science 2017–2019 – managing editor 2016–2017 – senior editor 2015–2016 – junior editor |
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| 2017–2018 | Europe for Citizens Program of the European Commission – „Message to Europeans 3.0 – The Mismanagement of the Migration Crisis” – chief organizer in Hungary | |
| 2017– | Hungarian Society of Criminology – member |
Language skills
• English – full professional proficiency (level C2)
• German – full professional proficiency (level C1)
• French – elementary proficiency
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