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  1. Victims’ rights looking good on paper - How criminal prosecution in Germany fails victims of sexual violence Journal Article
    Wolf, Anne-Katrin; Werner, Maja (2021)
    In: German Law Journal, 22(5), pp. 800-816
    Criminal procedure (233) Victims (93) Sexual offenses (58) European Union and national law (relationship) (51) Women (38) Treaties (32) Domestic or gender-based violence (23) Private prosecution (20)
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  2. “Mixed” sexual offending against both children and adults: An empirical comparison with individuals who exclusively offended against child or adult victims Journal Article
    Link, Eva; Lösel, Friedrich (2021)
    In: Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48(11), pp. 1616-1633
    Empirical research (163) Victims (93) Sexual offenses (58) Criminals (49) Recidivism (33) Children / Adolescents (18)
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  3. Child sexual abuse by catholic priests, deacons, and male members of religious orders in the authority of the German Bishops' Conference 1946-2014 Journal Article
    Dressing, Harald; Dölling, Dieter; Hermann, Dieter; Kruse, Andreas; Schmitt, Eric; Bannenberg, Britta; Whittaker, Konrad; Hoell, Andreas; Voss, Elke; Salize, Hans Joachim (2021)
    In: Sexual Abuse, 33(3), pp. 274-294
    Empirical research (163) Sexual offenses (58) Children / Adolescents (18) Religious associations (2)
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  4. Prosecution ex officio or following a complaint by the victim? An analysis on offences related to violence against women and sexual offences Journal Article
    Nakane, Tomohiro (2021)
    In: New Journal of European Criminal Law, 12(2), pp. 146-165
    Victims (93) Offenses against the person (59) Sexual offenses (58) Domestic or gender-based violence (23)
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  5. The concept of an “act of a sexual nature” in criminal law Journal Article
    Corrêa Camargo, Beatriz; Renzikowski, Joachim (2021)
    In: German Law Journal, 22(5), pp. 753-768
    Sexual offenses (58) Justification (criminal law) (51) Criminal intent (50) Defenses (criminal law) (36) Sex (16) Sexual autonomy (4)
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  6. Evaluating #MeToo: the perspective of criminal law theory Journal Article
    Hörnle, Tatjana (2021)
    In: German Law Journal, 22(5), pp. 833-846
    Law reform (124) Criminal law: culpability (84) Offenses against the person (59) Sexual offenses (58) Criminal act (22) Feminism (9)
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  7. Balancing sexual autonomy, responsibility, and the right to privacy: principles for criminalizing sex by deception Journal Article
    Scheidegger, Nora (2021)
    In: German Law Journal, 22(5), pp. 769-783
    Sexual offenses (58) Right of privacy (31) Domestic or gender-based violence (23) Criminal act (22) Fraud (15) Sexual autonomy (4)
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  8. “Progressive” criminalization? A sociological and criminological analysis based on the German “no means no” provision Journal Article
    Kölbel, Ralf (2021)
    In: German Law Journal, 22(5), pp. 817-832
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Criminal policy (93) Sexual offenses (58) Legislation (42) Criminal statistics (29) Criminal act (22)
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  9. Human Trafficking - Germany Contribution
    Stamatel, Janet P. (2021)
    In: Stamatel, Janet P. (Eds.), Examining crime and justice around the world, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, (Global viewpoints, ), pp. 139-142
    Offenses against the person (59) Sexual offenses (58) Women (38) Organized crime (36) Criminal statistics (29)
  10. Legal prostitution systems in Europe Contribution
    Weitzer, Ronald (2020)
    In: Nelen, Hans; Siegel, Dina (Eds.), Contemporary organized crime. Developments, challenges and responses, Springer, Cham, (Studies Of Organized Crime, ), pp. 47-66
    Sexual offenses (58) Women (38) Sex (16)
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  11. 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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  12. The latest criminal law reforms in the general and special part of the German Criminal Code Journal Article
    Wassmer, Martin Paul (2019)
    In: Pravo. Zhurnal Vysshey shkoly ekonomiki / Law. Journal of the Higher School of Economics, pp. 203-219
    Criminal law (142) Law reform (124) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Offenses against the person (59) Sexual offenses (58) Economic crimes and offenses (51) Electronic surveillance (38) Corporations: criminal liability (34) Offenses against the state (21) Offenses against property (14) Sport (5)
  13. #MeToo - implications for criminal law? Journal Article
    Hörnle, Tatjana (2019)
    In: Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice, 6(2), pp. 115-135
    Legal history (146) Victims (93) Sexual offenses (58) Sociology (33)
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  14. 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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  15. 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
    Law reform (124) Police (89) Sexual offenses (58) Women (38) Minorities (34) Emigration and immigration (28) News media (20) Social media (18) Races (18) Discrimination (18) Sexual autonomy (4) Islamophobia (4)
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