Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. The new year’s 2015/2016 public sexual violence debate in Germany: media discourse, gendered anti-muslim racism and criminal law Contribution
    Vieten, Ulrike M. (2018)
    In: Bhatia, Monish; Poynting, Scott; Tufail, Waqas (Eds.), Media, crime and racism, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, (Palgrave studies in crime, media and culture, ), pp. 73-92
    Islamophobia Sexual offenses Discrimination Emigration and immigration Law reform Minorities News media Police Races Sexual autonomy Social media Women
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  2. Predictive policing - in defense of “true positives” Contribution
    Gless, Sabine (2018)
    In: Baraliuc, Irina; Bayamlıoğlu, İbrahim; Hildebrandt, Mireille; Janssens, Liisa (Eds.), Being profiled. Cogitas ergo sum : 10 years of 'profiling the European citizen', Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, pp. 62-65
    Police Law enforcement Criminal procedure Evidence: criminal law Races
  3. ‘I’d like to see your identity cards please’ – negotiating authority in police–adolescent encounters: Findings from a mixed-method study of proactive police practices towards adolescents in two German cities Journal Article
    Hunold, Daniela ; Oberwittler, Dietrich ; Lukas, Tim (2016)
    In: European Journal of Criminology, 13(5), pp. 590-609
    Police Criminology Search and seizure Criminal law: juveniles Minorities Empirical research
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  4. The emergence of foreign intelligence investigations as alternatives to the criminal process. A view of American counterterrorism surveillance through German lenses Contribution
    Ross, Jacqueline E. (2016)
    In: Ross, Jacqueline; Thaman, Stephen (Eds.), Comparative criminal procedure, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, (Research handbooks in comparative law series, )
    Police Secret service Criminal investigation Electronic surveillance Terrorism Criminal procedure Law enforcement Right of privacy Due process of law
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  5. Trust in the German police: determinants and consequences for reporting behavior Contribution
    Guzy, Nathalie ; Hirtenlehner, Helmut (2015)
    In: Mesko, Gorazd (Eds.), Trust and legitimacy in criminal justice. European perspectives, Springer, Cham, pp. 203-229
    Police Empirical research Criminology
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  6. 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
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  7. Managing urban safety and security in Germany: Institutional responsibility and individual competence Journal Article
    Frevel, Bernhard (2013)
    In: European Journal of Criminology, 10(3), pp. 354-367
    Police Crime Offenses against public safety National security Education
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  8. Legal-political essays on the developments in Germany's criminal justice system Contribution
    Albrecht, Peter-Alexis (2013)
    In: Albrecht, Peter-Alexis; Komarov, Vyacheslav; Moschak, Gregorii; Navrotskyy, Vyacheslav (Eds.), Ukraïny vlasnyj šljach / Der eigene Weg der Ukraine / Ukraine's own Path, Berliner Wiss.-Verl., Berlin, pp. 53-59
    Police Criminal investigation Prosecuting and public attorney Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Judges
  9. A judge by another name? Comparative perspectives on the role of the public prosecutor Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2012)
    In: Luna, Erik (Eds.), The prosecutor in transnational perspective, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 377-391
    Prosecuting and public attorney Comparative law Judges Police Criminal investigation Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Prosecutorial discretion Criminal law: theory Sentences
  10. The political economy of the environmental criminal justice system: a production function approach Journal Article
    Almer, Christian ; Goeschl, Timo (2011)
    In: Public Choice, 148(3-4), pp. 611-630
    Environmental crimes and offenses Police Prosecuting and public attorney Judges Economics Statistics Empirical research
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  11. The constitution of criminal law: justifications, policing and the state’s fiduciary duties Journal Article
    Thorburn, Malcolm (2011)
    In: Criminal Law and Philosophy, 5(3), pp. 259-276
    Criminal law Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Defenses (criminal law) Terrorism Legislation Police Criminal law: theory
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  12. 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
  13. Deaths in German police custody Journal Article
    Heide, Steffen ; Kleiber, Manfred ; Hanke, Stefan ; Stiller, Dankwart (2009)
    In: The European Journal of Public Health, 19(6), pp. 597-601
    Arrest, detention and bail Police Death Empirical research
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  14. The public prosecution's role in criminal proceedings under the rule of law. Legal situation in Germany with comparative law remarks on UK and USA Book
    Krey, Volker (2009)
    Institut für Rechtspolitik an der Universität Trier, Trier
    Prosecuting and public attorney Rule of law Comparative law Inquisitorial system Adversarial system Criminal procedure Police Courts Legal history
  15. The German hate crime concept. An account of the classification and registration of bias-motivated offences and the implementation of the hate crime model into Germany’s law enforcement system Journal Article
    Glet, Alke (2009)
    In: Internet Journal of Criminology, pp. 1-20
    Sentences Offenses against the person Criminal investigation Police Political crimes Minorities Races