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  1. National Socialist criminal law. Continuity and radicalization Book
    Ambos, Kai ; Duff, Antony (2019)
    ISBN 9783845299259, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden
    National Socialism Legal history Criminal law Criminal law: theory Extremism Antisemitism
    DOI
  2. Atoning for the murder of millions? The execution of high-ranking Nazis after the Second World War Journal Article
    Patin, Nicolas (2018)
    In: Journal of Genocide Research, 20(2), pp. 247-260
    National Socialism War crimes Military tribunals (international) Capital punishment International criminal law Death Criminals Antisemitism
    DOI
  3. Recent trends in German right-wing violence and terrorism: what are the contextual factors behind ‘hive terrorism’? Journal Article
    Koehler, Daniel (2018)
    In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 12(6), pp. 72-88
    National Socialism Terrorism Violence Emigration and immigration Criminal statistics Extremism
  4. 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 Criminal law: theory Criminal law: complicity International criminal law International Criminal Court (ICC) Sentences Holocaust / Shoah Concentration camps
    DOI
  5. The eradication of Nazi ideology and terminology from the current German Penal Code Journal Article
    Gordon, Roy H. (2016)
    In: Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, 17(1), pp. 182-196
    National Socialism Homicide Codes and codification Criminal intent Criminals Victims Domestic or gender-based violence Law reform Holocaust / Shoah
  6. 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
    DOI
  7. The enabler, the true believer, the fanatic: German justice in the Third Reich Journal Article
    Sfekas, Stephen J. (2015)
    In: Journal Jurisprudence, pp. 189-230
    National Socialism Criminal law War crimes Crimes against humanity History Military tribunals (international) Judges Antisemitism
  8. Criminal law after National Socialism : the Renaissance of natural law and the beginnings of penal reform in West Germany Contribution
    Gödecke, Petra (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 270-301
    Criminal law Law reform Social policy and reform Prisons and imprisonment Punishment, Purposes of Punishment, Theories of Sanctions, Criminal Legal positivism Natural law National Socialism Military government Colleges and universities Bar associations
  9. 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
  10. Between reform and repression: imprisonment in Weimar Germany Contribution
    Wachsmann, Nikolaus (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 115-136
    Prisons and imprisonment Punishment, Purposes of Legal history Social policy and reform Rehabilitation of criminals Recidivism National Socialism years: 1880 - 1945
  11. Policing 'wayward' youth: law, society and youth criminality in Berlin, 1939-1953 Thesis
    Meeres, David (2014)

    Criminal law: juveniles Legal history National Socialism Sociology Criminology Crime Criminals Antisemitism
    Open Access
  12. Administrative penalties in the Rechtsstaat. On the emergence of the Ordnungswidrigkeit sanctioning system in post-war Germany Journal Article
    Ohana, Daniel (2014)
    In: University of Toronto Law Journal, 64(2), pp. 243-290
    Administrative offenses Sanctions, Administrative Rule of law Legal history Police National Socialism Antitrust and restraint of competition
    DOI
  13. Why it is high time to reform the homicide statutes Journal Article
    Maas, Heiko (2014)
    In: German Law Journal, 15(6), pp. 1029-1034
    Homicide National Socialism Judicial discretion Interpretation and construction Rule of law
    DOI
    Open Access
  14. Administration of German criminal justice under military government Contribution
    Kirchheimer, Otto (2013)
    In: Kirchheimer, Otto; Laudani, Raffaele; Marcuse, Herbert; Neumann, Franz (Eds.), Secret reports on Nazi Germany. The Frankfurt School contribution to the war effort, Princeton University Press, Princeton, pp. 318-344
    Military government National Socialism Dictatorship Criminal law Criminal procedure
    DOI
  15. Police science in Germany: its process of coming of age or a case of a split or good weather version? Contribution
    Sack, Fritz (2011)
    In: Spapens, A. (Eds.), Universalis. Liber amicorum Cyrille Fijnaut, Intersentia, Antwerpen, pp. 587-599
    Police Secret service National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah