Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. The short-term impact of formal controls on subsequent offending and future formal controls in a German and UK City Journal Article
    Boers, Klaus ; Kaiser, Florian ; Schaerff, Marcus ; Wikström, Per-Olof H. (2023)
    In: Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, pp. 1-22
    Criminology Punishment, Purposes of Sanctions, Criminal Criminal law: juveniles Penology
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  2. The criminal justice system in Germany Contribution
    Enescu, Rasluca ; Leszczynska, Aneta ; Momsen, Carsten (2023)
    In: Mbuba, Jospeter (Eds.), Comparative criminal justice. International trends and practices, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, pp. 185-201
    Police Judiciary Criminal procedure Inquisitorial system Prisons and imprisonment Penology Alternative criminal sanctions Sanctions, Criminal Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal law: juveniles
  3. “Your honor is not my honor”: Disenfranchisement and rehabilitation as a political battleground from the war to the end of the Weimar Republic Contribution
    Groot, Timon (2023)
    In: Groot, Timon (Eds.), Citizens into dishonored felons. Felony disenfranchisement, honor, and rehabilitation in Germany, 1806-1933, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 28), pp. 172-205
    Rehabilitation of criminals Sanctions, Criminal Legal history Civil rights Amnesty and pardon Law reform National Socialism Antisemitism Races
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  4. “The blessing of the war”: World War I as a chance for rehabilitation Contribution
    Groot, Timon (2023)
    In: Groot, Timon (Eds.), Citizens into dishonored felons. Felony disenfranchisement, honor, and rehabilitation in Germany, 1806-1933, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 28), pp. 153-171
    Rehabilitation of criminals War Sanctions, Criminal Amnesty and pardon Civil rights Military law and armed forces Legal history
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  5. “The chain of dishonor”: Petitioning for rehabilitation in imperial Germany Contribution
    Groot, Timon (2023)
    In: Groot, Timon (Eds.), Citizens into dishonored felons. Felony disenfranchisement, honor, and rehabilitation in Germany, 1806-1933, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 28), pp. 125-152
    Rehabilitation of criminals Sanctions, Criminal Civil rights Records Amnesty and pardon Legal history
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  6. Political offenders vs. common criminals: challenging the distinction Contribution
    Groot, Timon (2023)
    In: Groot, Timon (Eds.), Citizens into dishonored felons. Felony disenfranchisement, honor, and rehabilitation in Germany, 1806-1933, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 28), pp. 82-124
    Legal history Political crimes Civil rights Sanctions, Criminal Offenses against the administration of justice Judicial statistics Offenses against the state Socialism Sedition
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  7. Institutions of honor: A leveling society searching to protect its institutions Contribution
    Groot, Timon (2023)
    In: Groot, Timon (Eds.), Citizens into dishonored felons. Felony disenfranchisement, honor, and rehabilitation in Germany, 1806-1933, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 28), pp. 48-81
    Sanctions, Criminal Military law and armed forces Legal history Codes and codification Social policy and reform Law reform Civil rights
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  8. “Rights of citizenship are conditional rights”: Disenfranchisement, honor, and trust in the criminal codes before German unification Contribution
    Groot, Timon (2023)
    In: Groot, Timon (Eds.), Citizens into dishonored felons. Felony disenfranchisement, honor, and rehabilitation in Germany, 1806-1933, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 28), pp. 19-47
    Legal history Codes and codification Sanctions, Criminal Civil rights Citizenship Offenses against the administration of justice Rehabilitation of criminals
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  9. Germany Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2023)
    In: Caeiro, Pedro; Costa, Miguel João; De Snaijer, Janneke; Gless, Sabine; Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Theodorakakou, Georgia (Eds.), Elgar encyclopedia of crime and criminal justice, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham
    Criminal law Criminal law: theory Criminal law: omission Criminal intent Mistake (criminal law) Negligence, Criminal Criminal law: culpability Causation Criminal law: complicity Corporations: criminal liability Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Legal good Sanctions, Criminal Criminal procedure Judiciary
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  10. Insanity in German criminal law Contribution
    Rauxloh, Regina (2022)
    In: Brookbanks, Warren; Mackay, Ronnie (Eds.), The insanity defence. International and comparative perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford, (Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice, ), pp. 247-273
    Insanity Mental health Defenses (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: complicity Psychiatric / mental institution Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Non-criminal
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  11. Collateral consequences of criminal conviction in the United States and Germany Contribution
    Corda, Alessandro ; Kaspar, Johannes (2022)
    In: Ambos, Kai; Duff, Antony; Heinze, Alexander; Roberts, Julian; Weigend, Thomas (Eds.), Core concepts in criminal law and criminal justice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 392-437
    Sanctions, Criminal Comparative law Legal history Common law
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  12. 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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  13. “Verbandssanktionengesetz” — Corporate liability for Germany? Journal Article
    Allahverdiyev, Sijad ; Othman, Marvin (2022)
    In: German Law Journal, 23(4), pp. 637-649
    Corporations: criminal liability Economic crimes and offenses Sanctions, Administrative Sanctions, Criminal Legislation Law reform
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  14. Defendants and detainees with psychiatric disturbances in Germany Contribution
    Haverkamp, Rita ; Galli, Thomas (2021)
    In: Krabbe, Maartje; van Kempen, P. (Eds.), Mental health and criminal justice. International and domestic perspectives on defendants and detainees with mental illness, Eleven, The Hague, pp. 227-250
    Prisons and imprisonment Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Mental health Psychiatric / mental institution Arrest, detention and bail Psychiatry Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Non-criminal
  15. Corporate responsibility in Germany Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2021)
    In: Ghanayim, Khalid; Shany, Yuval (Eds.), The quest for core values in the application of legal norms. Essays in honor of Mordechai Kremnitzer, Springer, Cham, pp. 103-119
    Corporations: criminal liability Persons Economic crimes and offenses Sanctions, Administrative Sanctions, Criminal Corporations: officers European Union and national law (relationship) Law reform Criminal procedure
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