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  1. Intimate partner violence against men in Germany - A study on prevalence, victim-offender overlap, and the role of parental violence Journal Article
    Schemmel, Jonas; Maciey, Dario; Goede, Laura-Romina (2025)
    In: Journal of interpersonal violence
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Victims (93) Violence (29) Domestic or gender-based violence (23) Parents and children (9) Men (2)
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  2. Elections and anti-refugee violence in Germany from 2014-2020 Journal Article
    D’Orazio, Vito; Das, Soham; Roemer, Nils (2025)
    In: Terrorism and Political Violence, pp. 1-19
    Empirical research (163) Violence (29) Political crimes (18) Refugees (7) Elections (1)
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  3. Policing child sexual exploitation and abuse cases: a qualitative PRIORITY study of the challenges faced by law enforcement officers in Germany, Portugal, and Sweden Journal Article
    Tselenti, Danai; Carvalho, Joana; Azevedo, Vanessa; Gomes, Hugo Santos; Haubrock, Lina Sophie; Hillert, Jana; Rahm, Christoffer; Briken, Peer; Dekker, Arne; Joleby, Malin; Seto, Michael Chikong (2025)
    In: Policing and Society, pp. 1-18
    Comparative law (254) Empirical research (163) Police (89) Sexual offenses (58) Children / Adolescents (18) Law enforcement (15)
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  4. Who complains in prison, who doesn’t and why? A view from Germany Contribution
    Morgenstern, Christine; Rogan, Mary (2025)
    In: Daems, Tom; Larrauri, Elena (Eds.), Just prisons. Requests and complaints in prisons in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, (Palgrave studies in prisons and penology, ), pp. 49-72
    Empirical research (163) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Civil rights (51)
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  5. Long-term effects of medication-assisted treatment in opioid using offenders in German prisoners - treatment outcomes in prison and after release Journal Article
    Stemmler, Mark; Geißelsöder, Kerstin; Weiss, Maren; Hornegger, Mavi; Endres, Johann (2024)
    In: Journal of Experimental Criminology
    Empirical research (163) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Drug abuse (13)
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  6. Conceptualizing and measuring “punitiveness” in contemporary advanced democracies Journal Article
    Pfeffer, Elizabeth Gordon (2024)
    In: Regulation & Governance, 18(2), pp. 573-589
    Comparative law (254) Empirical research (163) Sentences (122) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Codes and codification (24) Punishment, Proportionality of (10)
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  7. The nexus of women and ‘Clan Crime’: unravelling the dynamics and constraints Journal Article
    Jaraba, Mahmoud (2024)
    In: Trends in organized crime
    Empirical research (163) Women (38) Organized crime (36) Emigration and immigration (28) Money laundering (21) Gender and gender identity (11)
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  8. Police discrimination and police distrust among ethnic minority adolescents in Germany Journal Article
    Kogan, Irena; Weißmann, Markus; Dollmann, Jörg (2024)
    In: Frontiers in sociology
    Empirical research (163) Police (89) Minorities (34) Emigration and immigration (28) Discrimination (18) Children / Adolescents (18) Gender and gender identity (11) Men (2) Trust in state actors (1)
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  9. The use and reporting practice of psychological tests in German risk and criminal responsibility expert reports Journal Article
    Wertz, Maximilian; Hank, Lisa; Hausam, Joscha; Konrad, Norbert; Schiltz, Kolja; Imhoff, Roland; Rettenberger, Martin (2024)
    In: Psychology, Crime & Law, 30(1), pp. 68-85
    Empirical research (163) Sentences (122) Criminal law: culpability (84) Psychology (20) Psychiatry (12)
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  10. The effect of content moderation on online and offline hate: Evidence from Germany's NetzDG Journal Article
    Jiménez Durán, Rafael; Müller, Karsten; Schwarz, Carlo (2024)
    In: SSRN Journal
    Empirical research (163) Internet (28) Social media (18) Hate crimes / Hate speech (11) Refugees (7)
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  11. Cannabis use, health problems, and criminal offences in Germany: national and state-level trends between 2009 and 2021 Journal Article
    Manthey, Jakob; Klinger, Sinja; Rosenkranz, Moritz; Schwarzkopf, Larissa (2024)
    In: European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience
    Empirical research (163) Crime (44) Drug abuse (13) Health (10)
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  12. Exploring the perceived importance of neuroscientific research on addictions in legal contexts: a survey of US criminal justice students and German legal professionals Journal Article
    Ochterbeck, Doris; Berryessa, Colleen M.; Forberger, Sarah (2024)
    In: Journal of Criminal Psychology, 14(3), pp. 308-322
    Empirical research (163) Drug abuse (13) Health (10) Legal education (6) Legal profession (1)
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  13. Assessing the validity of open-source biographical data in terrorism research Journal Article
    Kanol, Eylem; Hirth, Maria-Anna (2024)
    In: Terrorism and Political Violence
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Terrorism (81) Records (6) Biography: individual (2)
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  14. When violence is not an option: Perceived choice sets and differential deterrability among adolescents in Germany Journal Article
    Kroneberg, Clemens; Nägel, Christof (2024)
    In: Crime & Delinquency
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Criminal law: juveniles (75) Violence (29) Provocation (5)
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  15. “Killing all infidels”: Leaking prior to islamist terrorist attacks in Germany Journal Article
    Tampe, Laura; Bondü, Rebecca (2024)
    In: Terrorism and Political Violence, pp. 1-16
    Empirical research (163) Terrorism (81) Crime prevention (35) Violence (29) Psychology (20) Political crimes (18)
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