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  1. Insane offenders, dangerous criminals, criminal responsibility and security measures: the positivist criminology network and the reform of criminal law in imperial Germany Journal Article
    Härter, Karl (2023)
    In: GLOSSAE. European Journal of Legal History, pp. 67-94
    Legal history Insanity Legal positivism Law reform Criminals Criminal law: culpability Codes and codification Psychology Recidivism Arrest, detention and bail Psychiatric / mental institution
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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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
  5. Freedom restrictive coercive measures in forensic psychiatry Journal Article
    Flammer, Erich ; Frank, Udo ; Steinert, Tilman (2020)
    In: Frontiers in psychiatry, pp. 1-7
    Mental health Psychiatry Psychiatric / mental institution Criminals Sanctions, Non-criminal
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  6. 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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  7. Russian roulette with mental health Journal Article
    Wössner, Gunda (2018)
    In: MaxPlanckResearch, 2018(3), pp. 10-15
    Psychiatry Statutes Psychiatric / mental institution Liberty Law and ethics Human rights History Medical laws and legislation Insanity Discrimination Criminals
  8. Correctional treatment of sexual and violent offenders Journal Article
    Wössner, Gunda ; Schwedler, Andreas (2014)
    In: Criminal Justice and Behavior, 41(7), pp. 862-879
    Rehabilitation of criminals Criminology Empirical research Sexual offenses Statutes Recidivism Psychiatric / mental institution Law reform Crime prevention Prisons and imprisonment
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  9. Secure preventive detention in Germany: incapacitation or treatment intervention? Journal Article
    Drenkhahn, Kirstin (2013)
    In: Behavioral sciences & the law, 31(3), pp. 312-27
    Arrest, detention and bail Punishment, Purposes of Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Non-criminal Sentences Psychiatric / mental institution Crime prevention Retroactive laws Mental health Recidivism
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  10. Dealing with the mentally ill in the criminal justice system in Germany Journal Article
    Konrad, Norbert ; Lau, Steffen (2010)
    In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 33(4), pp. 236-240
    Mental health Psychiatry Psychiatric / mental institution Insanity Criminal law: culpability Parole and probation Prisons and imprisonment Law reform Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining
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  11. Incompatible contrasts? - preventive detention in Germany and the European Convention on Human Rights Journal Article
    Merkel, Grischa (2010)
    In: German Law Journal, 11(9), pp. 1046-1066
    Arrest, detention and bail European Court of Human Rights European Union and national law (relationship) Comparative law Criminal law Crime prevention Recidivism Psychiatric / mental institution
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