Lydia Dalhuisen (1987) obtained her Master in Clinical and Health Psychology in 2009. In 2011 she graduated cum laude as Master in Criminal Law. During this programme, she focused in particular on the interface between psychology and law, and was already studying the phenomenon of firesetting. In September 2011 she started as a PhD researcher at the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology at Utrecht University, where she currently teaches Forensich Psychiatry and Psychology as assistent professor. She focuses her empirical legal research on victims in forensic psychiatry.
Dalhuisen, L. (19-10-2016). Firesetting and firesetters in the Netherlands - Individualization, identification and treatment. (349 p.). Pompe Reeks ; 83.
Dalhuisen, L., Koenraadt, F.A.M.M., 't Lam, Karel & Hagenauw, L. (2016). De behandeling van onderscheiden typen brandstichters. (123 p.). Oisterwijk: Wolf Legal Publishers.
Dalhuisen, L., & F. Koenraadt, Brandstichters onder vuur. Een empirisch onderzoek naar zaken van brandstichting en hun daders. Amsterdam, Reed Business, 2014 (P & W reeks deel 76), 248 pag.
Dalhuisen, L. (2013). Gradaties in toerekeningsvatbaarheid. Gradaties in toerekeningsvatbaarheid. Vergelijking tussen het huidige stelsel met vijf gradaties en het voorstel met drie gradaties van toerekeningsvatbaarheid [Degrees of criminal accountability. A comparison between the current system with five gradations and a proposed system with three degrees of criminal accountability]. Wolf Legal Publishers, Oisterwijk