In her innovative research on child maltreatment, Lenneke Alink (born 1978) combines insights drawn from education, psychology and law with neurobiological methods with a view to prevention and intervention. Her most recent research focuses on chaos in the family as a source of child maltreatment. In addition to influential international publications, she has authored a number of widely-disseminated Dutch research reports. She is Professor of Forensic Family Studies at Leiden University and Professor of the Prevention and Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect at VU University Amsterdam.
