Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Day fines in Germany Contribution
    Albrecht, Hans-Jörg (2021)
    In: Faure, Michael; Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Elena (Eds.), Day fines in Europe. Assessing income-based sanctions in criminal justice systems, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 85-121
    Sanctions, Criminal Criminal policy Sentences Penology Judicial statistics Recidivism
    DOI
  2. Developments in German criminal law: speed merchant or murderer? The Ku’Damm road race case and the new criminal legislation regulating illegal motor racing Journal Article
    Davaanyam, Khulan ; Wolff, Franziska ; Khalaf, Ranya (2021)
    In: German Law Journal, 22(2), pp. 288-302
    Traffic violations Traffic accidents Homicide Offenses against the person Administrative offenses Criminal intent Judgments Sentences Law reform
    DOI
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  3. Formalism versus pragmatism – a comparative legal and empirical analysis of the German and Dutch criminal justice systems with regard to effectiveness and efficiency Journal Article
    Hofmann, Robin (2021)
    In: Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 28(4), pp. 452-478
    Comparative law Criminal procedure Administration of justice Sociology Judiciary Criminal statistics Judicial statistics Prosecuting and public attorney Evidence: criminal law Sentences Sanctions, Criminal
    DOI
    Open Access
  4. Principles of German criminal procedure Book
    Bohlander, Michael (2021)
    ISBN 9781509935338, Hart Publishing, Oxford
    Criminal procedure Criminal law: constitutional aspects Due process of law Courts Judgments Criminal investigation Trial practice Evidence: criminal law Sentences Appeal
  5. Leniency programs – a model to cope with the past? Contribution
    Eisele, Jörg (2020)
    In: Eisele, Jörg (Eds.), Past and future. Transitional justice versus traditional criminal justice? : Ways of dealing with past conflicts and past autocracies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Beiträge zum Strafrecht - Contributions to Criminal Law, ), pp. 85-98
    Offenses committed in public office Sentences Evidence: criminal law Criminal investigation Mitigation Witnesses Judicial discretion
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  6. Bias in the treatment of non-Germans in the British and American military government courts in occupied Germany, 1945–46 Journal Article
    Kehoe, Thomas J.; Greenhalgh, Elizabeth M. (2020)
    In: Social Science History, 44(4), pp. 641-666
    Military tribunals (national) Military occupation Refugees Discrimination Minorities Sentences Administration of justice
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  7. Striving for consistency: why German sentencing needs reform Journal Article
    Herz, Clara (2020)
    In: German Law Journal, 21(8), pp. 1625-1648
    Sentences Law reform Criminal law Empirical research Judicial discretion Punishment, Purposes of Comparative law
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  8. The impact of Covid-19 on prisons and penal policy in Germany Journal Article
    Dünkel, Frieder (2020)
    In: Victims & Offenders, 15(7-8), pp. 1113-1123
    Communicable diseases Prisons and imprisonment Alternative criminal sanctions Parole and probation Criminal policy Judicial statistics Sentences Sanctions, Criminal Law reform
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  9. Preventive justice and the dangerous offender: seeking solutions to protect society Contribution
    Watney, Murdoch (2020)
    In: Hugo, Charl; Möllers, Thomas (Eds.), Legal certainty and fundamental rights. A cross-disciplinary approach to constitutional principles in German and South African law, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Augsburger Rechtsstudien, 89), pp. 189-220
    Criminals Recidivism Crime prevention Arrest, detention and bail Sentences Comparative law
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  10. Historical development of leniency programs in Germany Contribution
    Heinrich, Bernd (2020)
    In: Eisele, Jörg (Eds.), Past and future. Transitional justice versus traditional criminal justice? : Ways of dealing with past conflicts and past autocracies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Beiträge zum Strafrecht - Contributions to Criminal Law, ), pp. 111-130
    Transitional justice Evidence: criminal law Legal history Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal law: theory Prosecuting and public attorney Sentences Statutes
    DOI
  11. Do we need a new sentencing law? Contribution
    Verrel, Torsten (2020)
    In: Ambos, Kai (Eds.), Strafzumessung / Sentencing. Angloamerikanische und deutsche Einblicke / Anglo-American and German insights, Göttingen University Press, Göttingen, (Göttinger Studien zu den Kriminalwissenschaften/Göttingen studies in criminal law and criminal justice, Band/volume 38), pp. 365-376
    Sentences Law reform
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  12. The struggle for apposite sentencing Contribution
    Kudlich, Hans ; Koch, Jennifer (2020)
    In: Ambos, Kai (Eds.), Strafzumessung / Sentencing. Angloamerikanische und deutsche Einblicke / Anglo-American and German insights, Göttingen University Press, Göttingen, (Göttinger Studien zu den Kriminalwissenschaften/Göttingen studies in criminal law and criminal justice, Band/volume 38), pp. 353-363
    Sentences Judicial discretion Law reform
    Open Access
  13. Sentencing guidelines vs. free judicial discretion - is German sentencing law in need of reform? Contribution
    Kaspar, Johannes (2020)
    In: Ambos, Kai (Eds.), Strafzumessung / Sentencing. Angloamerikanische und deutsche Einblicke / Anglo-American and German insights, Göttingen University Press, Göttingen, (Göttinger Studien zu den Kriminalwissenschaften/Göttingen studies in criminal law and criminal justice, Band/volume 38), pp. 337-352
    Sentences Judicial discretion Law reform Criminal law: constitutional aspects Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Punishment, Proportionality of Punishment, Theories of Legal education
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  14. Criminal sentencing in Canada and Germany: law without order? A commentary from a German perspective Contribution
    Grosse-Wilde, Thomas (2020)
    In: Ambos, Kai (Eds.), Strafzumessung / Sentencing. Angloamerikanische und deutsche Einblicke / Anglo-American and German insights, Göttingen University Press, Göttingen, (Göttinger Studien zu den Kriminalwissenschaften/Göttingen studies in criminal law and criminal justice, Band/volume 38), pp. 279-299
    Sentences Judicial discretion Law reform Judicial review Courts Prosecuting and public attorney Punishment, Proportionality of Comparative law
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  15. Sentencing in England and Wales. A commentary from a German perspective Contribution
    Jehle, Jörg-Martin (2020)
    In: Ambos, Kai (Eds.), Strafzumessung / Sentencing. Angloamerikanische und deutsche Einblicke / Anglo-American and German insights, Göttingen University Press, Göttingen, (Göttinger Studien zu den Kriminalwissenschaften/Göttingen studies in criminal law and criminal justice, Band/volume 38), pp. 91-99
    Sentences
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