Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Imprisoned but innocent: wrongful convictions and imprisonments in Germany, 1990-2016 Journal Article
    Leuschner, Fredericke; Rettenberger, Martin; Dessecker, Axel (2020)
    In: Crime & Delinquency, 66(5), pp. 687-711
    Criminal procedure (233) Empirical research (163) Administration of justice (18) Offenses against the administration of justice (13) Wrongful conviction (6) Legal literature (4)
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  2. Criminal recidivism after imprisonment among sex offenders and violent offenders: a comparison between self-reported and officially recorded reoffending behavior Journal Article
    Wössner, Gunda; Hefner, Franziska (2020)
    In: Criminology - The Online Journal, pp. 264-282
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Sexual offenses (58) Criminals (49) Crime prevention (35) Recidivism (33)
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  3. Does electronic monitoring as a means of release preparation reduce subsequent recidivism? A randomized controlled trial in Germany Journal Article
    Meuer, Katharina; Wössner, Gunda (2020)
    In: European Journal of Criminology, 17(5), pp. 563-584
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Electronic surveillance (38) Parole and probation (37) Recidivism (33) Rehabilitation of criminals (23)
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  4. Murderers or thieves at risk? Offence-related suicide rates in adolescent and adult prison populations Journal Article
    Radeloff, Daniel; Stoeber, Franziska; Lempp, Thomas; Kettner, Mattias; Bennefeld-Kersten, Katharina (2019)
    In: PloS one, 14(4), pp. 1-11
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Criminal law: juveniles (75) Suicide (17)
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  5. 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 (164) Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Criminal policy (93) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Crime (44) Prosecuting and public attorney (43) Parole and probation (37) Judicial statistics (35) Penology (33) Criminal statistics (29) Drug abuse and crime (14) Psychiatric / mental institution (11) Narcotics (5)
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  6. The acquittal (after pretrial detention) – A rare but fascinating phenomenon of the criminal justice system Journal Article
    Kurlemann, Peter J.; Kinzig, Jörg (2019)
    In: European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 27(4), pp. 346-362
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Judgments (69) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Judicial statistics (35) Trials (16)
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  7. From legal to technical concept: towards an automated classification of German political Twitter postings as criminal offenses Contribution
    Zufall, Frederike; Horsmann, Tobias; Zesch, Torsten (2019)
    In: Association for Computational Linguistics, (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2019 conference of the North American chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: human language technologies, Volume 1, Association for Computational Linguistics, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Empirical research (163) Civil rights (51) Internet (28) Freedom of speech (21) Social media (18) Defamation (11)
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  8. Fighting for recognition: Online abuse of women bloggers in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States Journal Article
    Eckert, Stine (2018)
    In: New Media & Society, 20(4), pp. 1282-1302
    Empirical research (163) Victims (93) Sexual offenses (58) Women (38) Social media (18) Feminism (9)
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  9. Company culture and prevention of corruption in Germany, China and Russia Journal Article
    Bussmann, Kai D.; Niemeczek, Anja; Vockrodt, Marcel (2018)
    In: European Journal of Criminology, 15(3), pp. 255-277
    Empirical research (163) Economic crimes and offenses (51) Crime prevention (35) Corporations: corrupt practices (21) Corporations: governance (8)
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  10. Different styles of policing : discretionary power in street controls by the public police in France and Germany Journal Article
    de Maillard, Jacques; Hunold, Daniela; Roché, Sebastian; Oberwittler, Dietrich (2018)
    In: Policing and Society, 28(2), pp. 175-188
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Police (89) Criminal investigation (65) Minorities (34) Sociology (33) Search and seizure (22)
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  11. Deterrence works for criminals Journal Article
    Khadjavi, Menusch (2018)
    In: European Journal of Law and Economics, 46(1), pp. 165-178
    Empirical research (163) Punishment, Purposes of (65) Crime prevention (35)
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  12. Legal and empirical aspects of cybercrime in Germany Contribution
    Kaspar, Johannes (2017)
    In: Hugo, Charl; Möllers, Thomas (Eds.), Transnational impacts on law: perspectives from South Africa and Germany, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, pp. 371-380
    Empirical research (163) Criminal law (142) Criminal policy (93) Computer crimes (18)
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  13. Identifying the rehabilitative potential of electronically monitored release preparation: a randomized controlled study in Germany Journal Article
    Schwedler, Andreas; Wössner, Gunda (2017)
    In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 61(8), pp. 839-856
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Criminals (49) Electronic surveillance (38) Rehabilitation of criminals (23)
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  14. Rising punitivity in times of economic crisis? Assessing the relationship between the economic situation and the longing for harsher sanctioning Journal Article
    Hanslmaier, Michael; Baier, Dirk (2016)
    In: International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 40(4), pp. 293-306
    Empirical research (163) Sentences (122) Punishment, Purposes of (65) Economics (6)
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  15. The punishment consequences of lacking national membership in Germany, 1998–2010 Journal Article
    Light, Michael T. (2016)
    In: Social Forces, 94(3), pp. 1385-1408
    Empirical research (163) Sentences (122) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Judicial statistics (35) Minorities (34) Sociology (33) Emigration and immigration (28) Citizenship (3)
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