Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Crime, gender and social control in early modern Frankfurt am Main Book
    Kamp, Jeannette (2020)
    Vol. 3, ISBN 9789004388437, Brill, Leiden
    Women History Crime Gender and gender identity Sex
  2. About the criminal liability of wives for adultery: a classic example of oppressing women. Reflections on legal history. Pre-state societies, the code of Hammurabi with sumerian precursors, and Germanic law Contribution
    Krey, Volker (2020)
    In: Decken, Kerstin; Günzel, Angelika (Eds.), Staat – Religion – Recht, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, pp. 63-90
    Discrimination Legal history Offenses against morals Women
    DOI
  3. Legal prostitution systems in Europe Contribution
    Weitzer, Ronald (2020)
    In: Nelen, Hans; Siegel, Dina (Eds.), Contemporary organized crime. Developments, challenges and responses, Springer, Cham, (Studies Of Organized Crime, ), pp. 47-66
    Sex Sexual offenses Women
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  4. A close look at the German and Australian Anti-FGM framework-concerns. About equal protection and equal application Journal Article
    Braun, Kerstin ; Böse, Martin (2020)
    In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Strafrechtsdogmatik, 15(12), pp. 566-583
    Comparative law Statutes Parents and children Medical laws and legislation Health Sex Women Human rights Limitation of actions Criminal policy Equal protection
    Open Access
  5. Fighting for recognition: Online abuse of women bloggers in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States Journal Article
    Eckert, Stine (2018)
    In: New Media & Society, 20(4), pp. 1282-1302
    Feminism Social networks Women Victims Sexual offenses Empirical research
    DOI
  6. The new year’s 2015/2016 public sexual violence debate in Germany: media discourse, gendered anti-muslim racism and criminal law Contribution
    Vieten, Ulrike M. (2018)
    In: Bhatia, Monish; Poynting, Scott; Tufail, Waqas (Eds.), Media, crime and racism, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, (Palgrave studies in crime, media and culture, ), pp. 73-92
    Islamophobia Sexual offenses Discrimination Emigration and immigration Law reform Minorities News media Police Races Sexual autonomy Social networks Women
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  7. “I don't take this man to be my lawfully wedded husband”: considering the criminal offense of “forced marriage” and its potential impact on the lives of girls and young women with migrant backgrounds in Germany Journal Article
    Braun, Kerstin (2015)
    In: German Law Journal, 16(4), pp. 845-869
    Offenses against personal liberty Marriage Women Emigration and immigration Human rights Statutes Evidence Criminal policy
    DOI
    Open Access
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Crime and punishment in early modern Germany. Courts and adjudicatory practices in Frankfurt am Main, 1562 - 1696 Book
    Boes, Maria R. (2013)
    ISBN 9781409431473, Ashgate, Farnham
    Legal history Trials: particular Criminal procedure Sanctions, Criminal Minorities Antisemitism Homosexuality Races Gender and gender identity Women Discrimination
  11. When the bough breaks – defences and sentencing options available in battered-women and similar scenarios under German criminal Law Contribution
    Bohlander, Michael (2011)
    In: Reed, Alan (Eds.), Loss of control and diminished responsibility. Domestic, comparative and international perspectives, Ashgate, Farnham, pp. 247-270
    Defenses (criminal law) Sentences Women Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Homicide Offenses against the person Comparative law
  12. German and Swedish procedures as models for the empowerment of racial minority women in rape trials Journal Article
    Wolhuter, Lorraine (2010)
    In: International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 38(1), pp. 1-16
    Sexual offenses Criminal procedure Minorities Women Victims Feminism Private prosecution Trials Comparative law
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  13. Criminal victims/witnesses of crimes: the criminal offences of smuggling and trafficking of human beings in Germany, discretionary residence rights, and other ways of protecting victims Journal Article
    Ziegler, Katja S. (2005)
    In: German Law Journal, 6(3), pp. 605-648
    Victims Witnesses Offenses against the person Organized crime Women Emigration and immigration European Union and national law (relationship) European Law: general Asylum Sexual offenses Refugees Criminal procedure Private prosecution
    DOI
    Open Access
  14. The crimes of women in early modern Germany Book
    Rublack, Ulinka (2001)
    ISBN 9780198208860, Clarendon Press, Oxford
    Legal history Women Criminals Sex Gender and gender identity Sexual offenses Trials Marriage Offenses against the person Offenses against property Sentences
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  15. Abortion debates in Germany Contribution
    Kamenitsa, Lynn (2001)
    In: McBride, Dorothy (Eds.), Abortion politics, women's movements, and the democratic state. A comparative study of state feminism, Oxford University Press, Oxford, (Gender and politics, ), pp. 111-133
    Abortion Women Fetus Feminism Social policy and reform
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