Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Sentencing in US-American jurisdictions. A commentary from a German perspective Contribution
    Hörnle, Tatjana (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. 183-190
    Sentences Prisons and imprisonment Comparative law Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Judiciary Penology
    Open Access
  2. The ‘stain of conviction’ – Penal theory, fundamental rights and criminal records in Germany Contribution
    Morgenstern, Christine (2019)
    In: Annison, Harry; Meijer, Sonja; O'Loughlin, Ailbhe (Eds.), Fundamental rights and legal consequences of criminal conviction, Hart Publishing, Oxford, (Oñati international series in law and society, ), pp. 65-80
    Sanctions, Criminal Records Penology Sentences Criminology Civil rights
    DOI
  3. “Tatprovokation” – the legal issue of entrapment in Germany and possible solutions Journal Article
    Görlitz, Franziska ; Hubert, Juliane ; Kucher, Jasmin ; Scheffer, Moritz ; Wieser, Patrick (2019)
    In: German Law Journal, 20(4), pp. 496-509
    Criminal investigation Police Agents provocateurs European Court of Human Rights European Union and national law (relationship) Sentences Evidence: criminal law
    DOI
    Open Access
  4. Germany Contribution
    Ambos, Kai ; Bock, Stefanie (2019)
    In: Bohlander, Michael; Reed, Alan; Wake, Nicola (Eds.), Homicide in criminal law. A research companion, Routledge, London, (Substantive issues in criminal law, ), pp. 245-263
    Homicide Abortion Euthanasia Criminal law: omission Negligence, Criminal Defenses (criminal law) Provocation Justification (criminal law) Sentences
  5. Reforms of the criminal sanctions system in Germany – achievements and unresolved problems Journal Article
    Dünkel, Frieder (2019)
    In: Juridica International, pp. 37-48
    Sentences Parole and probation
    DOI
  6. Preparatory offences Journal Article
    Stark, Findlay ; Bock, Stefanie (2018)
    In: University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper
    Criminal law: attempt Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: theory Criminal intent Defenses (criminal law) Legal good Comparative law Common law Sentences Jurisprudence
    DOI
  7. Legal responses and sentencing in murder cases – a comparison of law and judicial reactions in India and Germany Journal Article
    Chattoraj, Paromita ; Meier, Bernd-Dieter (2018)
    In: Criminal Law Forum, 29(1), pp. 121-155
    Comparative law Homicide Sentences Judicial discretion Domestic or gender-based violence Punishment, Purposes of Capital punishment
    DOI
  8. Assistance in mass murder under systems of ill-treatment Journal Article
    Andreadis-Papadimitriou, Pavlos (2017)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 15(1), pp. 157-174
    Trials: particular National Socialism Prisoners of war and internees Criminal law: theory Criminal law: complicity International criminal law International Criminal Court (ICC) Sentences Holocaust / Shoah
    DOI
  9. Entrapment & evidence - the impact of the ECtHR’s judgment in the case of Furcht v. Germany on the jurisprudence of the German Federal Court of Justice Journal Article
    Schmitt-Leonardy, Charlotte (2017)
    In: European Criminal Law Review, 7(3), pp. 304-320
    Criminal investigation European Court of Human Rights European Union and national law (relationship) Due process of law Sentences Evidence Agents provocateurs
    DOI
  10. Punishment as time-out Contribution
    Renzikowski, Joachim (2017)
    In: Aroso Linhares, José Manuel; Fernandes Godinho, Inês (Eds.), Actas do colóquio a pena e o tempo : 11 de Março de 2017. Proceedings of the sysmposium punishment and time: 11th March 2017, Instituto Jurídico, Faculdade de direito, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, pp. 49-62
    Punishment, Purposes of Sanctions, Criminal Alternative criminal sanctions Sentences
  11. From disparity in sentencing towards sentencing equality. The German experience Journal Article
    Frisch, Wolfgang (2017)
    In: Criminal Law Forum, 28(3), pp. 437-475
    Sentences Civil rights Legal history Comparative law
    DOI
  12. 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
    DOI
  13. 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
    DOI
  14. The punishment consequences of lacking national membership in Germany, 1998–2010 Journal Article
    Light, Michael T. (2016)
    In: Social Forces, 94(3), pp. 1385-1408
    Emigration and immigration Citizenship Minorities Judicial statistics Sentences Prisons and imprisonment Sociology Empirical research
    DOI
  15. ‘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