Aurore François is a postdoctoral researcher (Fonds National de la Recherche
Scientifique) at the Centre d'histoire du droit et de la justice, Université catholique
de Louvain, Belgium. Her PhD thesis (History), Guerres et délinquance juvénile
(1912-1950). Un demi-siècle de pratiques judiciaires et institutionnelles envers des
mineurs en difficulté, is being prepared for publication. Her main research interests
include juvenile delinquency (measurement, discourses, practices) and institutions
for juvenile delinquents. Having a Master’s degree in computer science, she
coordinates the Web Portal just-his.be, dedicated to the socio-political history of
justice administration in Belgium (1795-2005).