Literature on German Criminal Law

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Intimate partner violence against men in Germany - A study on prevalence, victim-offender overlap, and the role of parental violence Journal Article
Schemmel, Jonas; Maciey, Dario; Goede, Laura-Romina (2025)
In: Journal of interpersonal violence

Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Victims (93) Violence (29) Domestic or gender-based violence (23) Parents and children (9) Men (2)

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Elections and anti-refugee violence in Germany from 2014-2020 Journal Article
D’Orazio, Vito; Das, Soham; Roemer, Nils (2025)
In: Terrorism and Political Violence, pp. 1-19

Empirical research (163) Violence (29) Political crimes (18) Refugees (7) Elections (1)
Impact and consequences of sexual offences in the metaverse using the example of virtual rape Journal Article
Steffes, Bianca; Zichler, Anna; Salemi, Simone; Schneider, Tim (2025)
In: Deviant Behavior, pp. 1-16

Sexual offenses (58) Jurisdiction (29) Internet (28) Psychology (20) Social media (18)
Lifetime abuse and the barriers to women aged 50 and over using domestic violence services in Germany Journal Article
Höppner, Grit (2025)
In: Violence against women

Victims (93) Women (38) Domestic or gender-based violence (23) Gender and gender identity (11) Aged (11)

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Criminal liability of deepfake pornography under Turkish and German criminal law Journal Article
Eisele, Jörg; Duman, Irmak (2025)
In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Strafrechtswissenschaft, 4(1), pp. 69-82

Comparative law (254) Victims (93) Sexual offenses (58) Women (38) Internet (28) Communications and mass media (18) Offenses against morals (14) Gender and gender identity (11) Artificial intelligence (11)

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Police and racism in Germany: A historical genesis Contribution
Pilone, Lea (2025)
In: Puccio, Daniele; Roldán Mendívil, Eleonora; Sarbo, Bafta (Eds.), The diversity of exploitation, Brill, pp. 80-94

Police (89) Violence (29) Races (18) History (14)
Policing child sexual exploitation and abuse cases: a qualitative PRIORITY study of the challenges faced by law enforcement officers in Germany, Portugal, and Sweden Journal Article
Tselenti, Danai; Carvalho, Joana; Azevedo, Vanessa; Gomes, Hugo Santos; Haubrock, Lina Sophie; Hillert, Jana; Rahm, Christoffer; Briken, Peer; Dekker, Arne; Joleby, Malin; Seto, Michael Chikong (2025)
In: Policing and Society, pp. 1-18

Comparative law (254) Empirical research (163) Police (89) Sexual offenses (58) Children / Adolescents (18) Law enforcement (15)
Legal and epic alienation. Fritz Bauer’s critique of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial (1963-1965) and Peter Weiss’s dramatic treatment of the trial in the investigation. Oratorio in 11 cantos (1965) Journal Article
Steitz, Kerstin (2025)
In: Law & Literature, 37(1), pp. 187-210

Criminal law (142) National Socialism (71) Trials: particular (51) Holocaust / Shoah (31) Arts (6)
Who complains in prison, who doesn’t and why? A view from Germany Contribution
Morgenstern, Christine; Rogan, Mary (2025)
In: Daems, Tom; Larrauri, Elena (Eds.), Just prisons. Requests and complaints in prisons in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, (Palgrave studies in prisons and penology, ), pp. 49-72

Empirical research (163) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Civil rights (51)
The implementation of EU enforcement duties in Germany. The gathering, sharing, and use of evidence by German administrative and judicial authorities from domestic and cross-border perspective Contribution
Vries, Aart (2024)
In: (Eds.), Evidence and transnational punitive enforcement proceedings in the European Union. The gathering, sharing, and use of evidence by member states' administrative and judicial authorities during transnational punitive enforcement proceedings in the EU's integrated internal market and area of freedom, security and justice, Eleven, The Hague, the Netherlands, (Pompe reeks, ), pp. 275-413

Criminal procedure (233) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Evidence: criminal law (73) European Union and national law (relationship) (51) Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) (43) Sanctions, Administrative (34) Border guards (6) Administrative law and procedure (6) Evidence (5) Boundaries (international law) (1)
Comparative norm design: The U.S. rules model and the German standards model in criminal justice and beyond Journal Article
Bender, Philip Maximilian (2024)
In: UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 27(2)

Comparative law (254) Criminal procedure (233) Sentences (122) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Evidence: criminal law (73) Inquisitorial system (46) Judges (32) Common law (32) Adversarial system (30) Witnesses (23) Law, Methodology of (2)
Procedural adjudication in Germany Contribution
Yong, Gao (2024)
In: (Eds.), Criminal procedural trial in China. Procedure of excluding illegal evidence as an example, Springer, Singapore, pp. 111-123

Criminal procedure (233) Evidence: criminal law (73) Inquisitorial system (46)
Prisoners in Germany, their work and their remuneration as part of their resocialization Contribution
Dauster, Manfred; Kreutz, Julia Aileen (2024)
In: Kostić, Jelena; Matić Bošković, Marina (Eds.), Penal populism and impact on the work of institutions, Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, pp. 235-260

Legal history (146) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Judgments (69) Punishment, Purposes of (65) Constitutional law (54) Slavery, forced labor, etc. (6)

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Germany Contribution
Valerius, Brian (2024)
In: Heinze, Eric (Eds.), Criminalising hate speech, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, pp. 219-260

Criminal law (142) National Socialism (71) Judgments (69) Human rights (65) Constitutional law (54) European Union and national law (relationship) (51) Treaties (32) Holocaust / Shoah (31) Freedom of speech (21) Social media (18) Education (13) Hate crimes / Hate speech (11) Council of Europe (8) Administrative agencies (3)
Long-term effects of medication-assisted treatment in opioid using offenders in German prisoners - treatment outcomes in prison and after release Journal Article
Stemmler, Mark; Geißelsöder, Kerstin; Weiss, Maren; Hornegger, Mavi; Endres, Johann (2024)
In: Journal of Experimental Criminology

Empirical research (163) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Drug abuse (13)

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