Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Sentencing thresholds in German criminal law and practice. Legal and empirical aspects Journal Article
    Harrendorf, Stefan (2017)
    In: Criminal Law Forum, 28(3), pp. 501-539
    Sentences Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Administrative Parole and probation Judicial statistics Punishment, Purposes of Law reform
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  2. Rising punitivity in times of economic crisis? Assessing the relationship between the economic situation and the longing for harsher sanctioning Journal Article
    Hanslmaier, Michael ; Baier, Dirk (2016)
    In: International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 40(4), pp. 293-306
    Punishment, Purposes of Sentences Economics Empirical research
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  3. ‘Der Resozialisierungsgrundsatz’ : Social reintegration as the dominant narrative for community punishment in Germany? Contribution
    Morgenstern, Christine (2016)
    In: McNeill, Fergus; Robinson, Gwen (Eds.), Community punishment. European perspectives, Routledge, London, pp. 72-94
    Punishment, Purposes of Alternative criminal sanctions Sentences Penology Empirical research
  4. Re-examining the relationship between religion and punitiveness: Evidence from Germany Journal Article
    Hanslmaier, Michael ; Baier, Dirk (2016)
    In: European Journal of Criminology, 13(4), pp. 473-490
    Criminology Religion Capital punishment Punishment, Purposes of Empirical research
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  5. Two cultures of punishment Journal Article
    Kleinfeld, Joshua (2016)
    In: Stanford Law Review, 68(5), pp. 933-1036
    Punishment, Purposes of Sentences Comparative law Crime Criminals Rehabilitation of criminals Recidivism Parole and probation Capital punishment Criminal policy
  6. Preventive detention in German criminal law Journal Article
    Kaspar, Johannes (2016)
    In: Peking University Law Journal, 4(1), pp. 79-100
    Arrest, detention and bail Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Non-criminal Crime prevention Punishment, Purposes of Recidivism Criminals European Court of Human Rights Judgments
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  7. Repressive rehabilitation : crime, morality, and delinquency in Berlin-Brandenburg, 1945-1958 Contribution
    Evans, Jennifer V. (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 302-326
    Inter-German relations Capitalism Socialism Offenses against morals Rehabilitation of criminals Punishment, Purposes of Criminal law: juveniles Psychology Parents and children
  8. Criminal law after National Socialism : the Renaissance of natural law and the beginnings of penal reform in West Germany Contribution
    Gödecke, Petra (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 270-301
    Criminal law Law reform Social policy and reform Prisons and imprisonment Punishment, Purposes of Punishment, Theories of Sanctions, Criminal Legal positivism Natural law National Socialism Military government Colleges and universities Bar associations
  9. Serious juvenile crime in Nazi Germany Contribution
    Waite, Robert G. (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 247-269
    Criminal law: juveniles Criminals Crime National Socialism Law reform Legal history Criminology Judicial discretion Punishment, Purposes of
  10. Between reform and repression: imprisonment in Weimar Germany Contribution
    Wachsmann, Nikolaus (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 115-136
    Prisons and imprisonment Punishment, Purposes of Legal history Social policy and reform Rehabilitation of criminals Recidivism National Socialism years: 1880 - 1945
  11. Reforming women’s prisons in Imperial Germany Contribution
    Leukel, Sandra (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 86-111
    Legal history Women Criminals Prisons and imprisonment Criminology Law reform Punishment, Purposes of
  12. The „deserved“ punishment Contribution
    Neumann, Ulfrid (2014)
    In: Hirsch, Andrew; Simester, A. (Eds.), Liberal criminal theory. Essays for Andreas von Hirsch, Hart, Oxford, pp. 68-84
    Punishment, Theories of Punishment, Purposes of
  13. Vengeance revisited Contribution
    Jung, Heike (2014)
    In: Ulväng, Magnus (Eds.), Essays on criminalisation and sanctions, Iustus Förlag, Uppsala, pp. 9-22
    Punishment, Purposes of Comparative law
  14. Radbruch on the origins of the criminal law. Punitive interventions before sovereignty Contribution
    Hildebrandt, Mireille (2014)
    In: Dubber, Markus (Eds.), Foundational texts in modern criminal law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 219-238
    Criminal law: theory Legal history Punishment, Purposes of Reprisals and retaliation
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  15. PJA von Feuerbach and his textbook of the Common Penal Law Contribution
    Hörnle, Tatjana (2014)
    In: Dubber, Markus (Eds.), Foundational texts in modern criminal law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 119-140
    Criminal law: theory Punishment, Purposes of Retroactive laws Crime Legal history
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