
Luka Gal Prestor
researcher
Luka Gal Prestor is a research assistant at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana and a trainee lawyer at the Supreme Court in Ljubljana. He graduated from the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana and, after completing his postgraduate studies, works simultaneously as a researcher and legal trainee. In his master’s thesis, which he successfully defended in September 2023, he examined the punishment of violent dissocial offenders. His research area and interests cover a range of criminological and criminal law topics, with a particular focus on the psychopathology of offenders, the assessment of criminal responsibility, the intersection of law, psychology and mental disorders, and broader issues related to punishment and organized crime.
Fields of research
- PRESTOR, Luka Gal, ARNEŽ, Jasmina, MIHELJ PLESNIČAR, Mojca. Putting people behind closed doors : an analysis of social care detention in Slovenia. Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo. okt.-dec. 2024, letn. 75, št. 4, str. 316-331. ISSN 0034-690X. [COBISS.SI-ID 222642691], [JCR, SNIP]
- PRESTOR, Luka Gal, JURIČ, Matevž. Magnitski – parabola o Putinu z malo začetnico. Pamfil : časnik slušateljev juridične fakultete v Ljubljani. [Spletna izd.]. 24. apr. 2023, [21] str. ISSN 2464-0204. [COBISS.SI-ID 165813251]
- MIHELJ PLESNIČAR, Mojca, PRESTOR, Luka Gal. Spolne zlorabe otrok v Sloveniji : značilnosti storilcev in žrtev skozi prizmo sodnih odločb. V: ŠELIH, Alenka (ur.), FILIPČIČ, Katja (ur.), BRIŠKI, Lora (ur.). Otrok kot žrtev kaznivih ravnanj. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti: Inštitut za kriminologijo pri Pravni fakulteti: Pravna fakulteta, 2024. Str. 71-92, 168-169, 176-177, tabele. Razprave, 42. ISBN 978-961-268-103-6. [COBISS.SI-ID 196773635]