Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Predictors of incidents during short leave: An analysis of prisoner personal files in the Lower Saxony prison system Journal Article
    Neumann, Merten ; Schüttler, Helena ; Klatt, Thimna (2024)
    In: Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 107(1), pp. 115-128
    Criminology Recidivism Prisons and imprisonment Penology Drug abuse Empirical research
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  2. Unsupervised short leave in forensic addiction treatment: Is there an influence on treatment progress? Journal Article
    Neumann, Louisa ; Neumann, Merten (2024)
    In: Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 107(1), pp. 54-63
    Criminology Drug abuse Alcohol and alcoholism Psychiatry Recidivism Penology Empirical research
    DOI
  3. Impending challenges to penal moderation in France and Germany. A strained restraint Book
    Drenkhahn, Kirstin ; Jobard, Fabien ; Singelnstein, Tobias (2023)
    ISBN 9781032188676, Routledge, London; New York
    Sentences Comparative law Sociology Criminology Penology News media
  4. 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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    Open Access
  5. 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
  6. Strengths and weaknesses of the judicial protection in Germany Contribution
    Graebsch, Christine (2023)
    In: Cliquennois, Gaëtan (Eds.), The evolving protection of prisoners' rights in Europe, Routledge, Abingdon, (Routledge frontiers of criminal justice, ), pp. 98-110
    Prisons and imprisonment European Court of Human Rights European Union and national law (relationship) Arrest, detention and bail Penology Rehabilitation of criminals Minorities
  7. The criminal liability of corrections officers in German prisons: the landmark decision of the Federal Court of Justice from November 28, 2019 (2 StR 557/18) Journal Article
    Hartmann, Luisa ; Munzert, Johannes (2022)
    In: German Law Journal, 23(4), pp. 625-636
    Prisons and imprisonment Judgments Negligence, Criminal Punishment, Purposes of Penology
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    Open Access
  8. 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
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  9. 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
  10. 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
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  11. Overuse in the Criminal Justice System in Germany Contribution
    Haverkamp, Rita ; Cirener, Gabriele ; Boetticher, Axel ; Feest, Johannes (2019)
    In: Jendly, Manon; Kempen, P. (Eds.), Overuse in the criminal justice system. On criminalization, prosecution and imprisonment = Le recours excessif au systéme de justice pénal aux sanctions et poursuites pénales et à la détention, Intersentia, Cambridge, pp. 333-362
    Criminal law: theory Criminal policy Criminal statistics Judicial statistics Crime Drug abuse and crime Narcotics Prosecuting and public attorney Parole and probation Arrest, detention and bail Criminology Empirical research Prisons and imprisonment Psychiatric / mental institution Penology
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  12. On the overdue reform of criminal sanction law for adult offenders Contribution
    Duttge, Gunnar (2019)
    In: Duttge, Gunnar; Jun, Ji-Yun (Eds.), Comparative law in a changing world. Historical reflections and future visions fünftes Symposium der Juristischen Fakultät der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen mit der Yonsei Law School (Seoul), Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen, (Göttinger juristische Schriften, Band 25), pp. 37-48
    Sanctions, Criminal Law reform Punishment, Purposes of Penology Parole and probation
    Open Access
  13. ‘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
  14. A European perspective on inmates’ perceptions of safety Contribution
    Drenkhahn, Kirstin ; Morgenstern, Christine (2016)
    In: Reeves, Carla (Eds.), Experiencing imprisonment. Research on the experience of living and working in carceral institutions, Routledge, London, (Routledge frontiers of criminal justice, 33), pp. 137-155
    Prisons and imprisonment Penology Empirical research Human rights Criminology
  15. The principle of 'ultima ratio' and/or the principle of proportionality Journal Article
    Wendt, Rudolf (2013)
    In: Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 3(1), pp. 81-94
    Criminal law: theory Jurisprudence Criminal law Public law Judgments Penology
    Open Access