Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Legality, non-arbitraryness and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in the German system Contribution
    Haverkamp, Rita ; Kaspar, Johannes (2024)
    In: Guzman Dalbora, José; Krabbe, Maartje; van Kempen, Piet (Eds.), Legality and other requirements for sentencing: An international and comparative perspective on non-arbitrary punishment and sentencing discretion, Boom Uitgevers, The Hague, pp. 223-246
    Sentences Judicial discretion Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Rule of law Punishment, Purposes of Judgments Human rights Judiciary Sanctions, Administrative Prisons and imprisonment Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Prosecutorial discretion
  2. Exploring gender disparities in the prosecution of theft cases: Propensity score matching on data from German court files Journal Article
    Leuschner, Fredericke (2023)
    In: European Journal of Criminology, 20(1), pp. 292-315
    Criminology Sex Offenses against property Criminal procedure Judicial discretion Prosecutorial discretion Empirical research Sentences Judicial process
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  3. 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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    Open Access
  4. The turn to confession bargaining in German criminal procedure: Causes and comparisons with American plea bargaining Journal Article
    Langbein, John H. (2022)
    In: The American Journal of Comparative Law, 70(1), pp. 139-161
    Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Comparative law Adversarial system Inquisitorial system Prosecutorial discretion Judicial discretion Legal history Prosecuting and public attorney Criminal procedure Admissions and confessions
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  5. Cooperation agreements in Germany and the United States Contribution
    Ambos, Kai ; Thaman, Stephen C. (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. 300-346
    Comparative law Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal investigation Criminal procedure Prosecutorial discretion Judicial discretion Evidence: criminal law Sentences Due process of law Wrongful conviction
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  6. 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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  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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    Open Access
  8. 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
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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. Eliminating Schmiergeld. Lessons learnt from the enforcement of foreign anti-bribery laws in the United States and Germany Journal Article
    van Genugten, Jesse (2019)
    In: Georgetown Law Journal, pp. 767-793
    Economic crimes and offenses Offenses against the state Legal history Judicial discretion Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal procedure Admissions and confessions Corporations: corrupt practices Corporations: criminal liability Comparative law
  12. 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
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  13. Sentencing, judicial discretion, and political prisoners in pre-war Nazi Germany Journal Article
    Geerling, Wayne ; Magee, Gary B.; Smyth, Russell (2016)
    In: The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 46(4), pp. 517-542
    National Socialism Dictatorship Legal history Sentences Judicial discretion Political crimes Judicial statistics
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  14. Dominant court decision-making: Germany. Conditional release in Germany - Who decides? And who really does? Contribution
    Morgenstern, Christine (2014)
    In: Herzog-Evans, Martine (Eds.), Offender release and supervision. The role of courts and the use of discretion, Wolf Legal Publishers, Oisterwijk, pp. 109-135
    Judges Sentences Parole and probation Judicial discretion Rehabilitation of criminals
  15. Serious juvenile crime in Nazi Germany Contribution
    Waite, Robert G. (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 247-269
    Criminal law: juveniles Criminals Crime National Socialism Law reform Legal history Criminology Judicial discretion Punishment, Purposes of