Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. “Killing all infidels”: Leaking prior to islamist terrorist attacks in Germany Journal Article
    Tampe, Laura ; Bondü, Rebecca (2024)
    In: Terrorism and Political Violence, pp. 1-16
    Terrorism Empirical research Political crimes Psychology Violence Crime prevention
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  2. Effects of shift work on the mental health of police officers: Results from a study within the police of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Journal Article
    Opielka, Sascha ; Staller, Mario (2024)
    In: Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, pp. 1-12
    Police Mental health Psychology Empirical research
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  3. Insane offenders, dangerous criminals, criminal responsibility and security measures: the positivist criminology network and the reform of criminal law in imperial Germany Journal Article
    Härter, Karl (2023)
    In: GLOSSAE. European Journal of Legal History, pp. 67-94
    Legal history Insanity Legal positivism Law reform Criminals Criminal law: culpability Codes and codification Psychology Recidivism Arrest, detention and bail Psychiatric / mental institution
    Open Access
  4. A German perspective Contribution
    Kaspar, Johannes ; Stübner, Susanne (2022)
    In: van der Wolf, Michiel (Eds.), Safeguarding the quality of forensic assessment in sentencing, Routledge, New York, pp. 146-174
    Sentences Mental health Psychiatric / mental institution Prisons and imprisonment Psychiatry Psychology Criminal law: juveniles Judicial discretion
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  5. Negotiating the territories of anti-trafficking efforts. The “unlikely cooperation” between police officers and social workers in Germany Contribution
    Leser, Julia ; Dölemeyer, Anne (2022)
    In: Darley, Mathilde (Eds.), Trafficking and sex work. Gender, race and public order, Routledge, London, pp. 68-83
    Police Offenses against the person Organized crime Sex Dispute resolution Psychology
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  6. Measuring aggression in German youth prison - A validation of the German reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire (RPQ) in a sample of incarcerated juvenile offenders Journal Article
    Heynen, Evelyn ; van der Helm, Peer ; Stams, Geert Jan; Roest, Jesse (2022)
    In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 66(13-14), pp. 1475-1486
    Crime Criminal law: juveniles Prisons and imprisonment Criminology Psychology Violence Empirical research
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    Open Access
  7. A useful science: Criminal interrogation and the turn to psychology in Germany around 1800 Journal Article
    Hofman, Elwin (2022)
    In: Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences, 58(3), pp. 319-334
    Criminal interrogation History Psychology
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  8. Using photovoice in the German criminal justice system Contribution
    Fitzgibbon, Wendy (2022)
    In: Fitzgibbon, Wendy (Eds.), Applied photovoice in criminal justice, Routledge, London, pp. 60-77
    Parole and probation Sanctions, Criminal Photographs and photography Psychology Restorative justice Empirical research
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  9. Ethical decisions between the conflicting priorities of legality and group loyalty: scrutinizing the “Code of Silence” among volunteer firefighters with a vignette-based factorial survey Journal Article
    Kleinewiese, Julia ; Graeff, Peter (2021)
    In: Deviant Behavior, 42(10), pp. 1228-1241
    Empirical research Psychology Crime Witnesses Professions Associations and societies
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  10. Psychological differences between radicalized and non-radicalized Muslim prisoners: A qualitative analysis of their frame alignment Journal Article
    Stemmler, Mark ; Endres, Johann ; King, Sonja ; Ritter, Bianca ; Becker, Kristina (2021)
    In: Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 104(3), pp. 283-297
    Violence Religion Terrorism Prisons and imprisonment Empirical research Criminology Psychology Extremism
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  11. How guilty and innocent suspects perceive the police and themselves: suspect interviews in Germany Journal Article
    May, Lennart ; Gewehr, Elsa ; Zimmermann, Johannes ; Raible, Yonna ; Volbert, Renate (2021)
    In: Legal and Criminological Psychology, 26(1), pp. 42-61
    Empirical research Criminology Police Criminal interrogation Psychology Criminals
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  12. 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
  13. Crime and literature in the Weimar Republic and beyond : telling the tale of the poisoners Ella Klein and Margarete Nebbe Contribution
    Herzog, Todd (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 226-244
    Trials: particular Women Homosexuality Homicide Law in literature Sociology Psychology Criminology Marriage
  14. The problems and limits of fair credibility assessment in German criminal law. Discussion about systematization and improvement of the procedure of credibility assessment Journal Article
    Zöhner, Malgorzata (2011)
    In: Internal Security, 3(2), pp. 105-130
    Criminal procedure Psychology Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence Evidence: criminal law Witnesses Judges
  15. Factor structure of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth version in German female and male detainees and community adolescents Journal Article
    Sevecke, Kathrin ; Pukrop, Ralf ; Kosson, David S.; Krischer, Maya K. (2009)
    In: Psychological Assessment, 21(1), pp. 45-56
    Psychology Criminal law: juveniles Prisons and imprisonment
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