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  1. Impact and consequences of sexual offences in the metaverse using the example of virtual rape Journal Article
    Steffes, Bianca; Zichler, Anna; Salemi, Simone; Schneider, Tim (2025)
    In: Deviant Behavior, pp. 1-16
    Sexual offenses (58) Jurisdiction (29) Internet (28) Psychology (20) Social media (18)
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  2. 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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  3. “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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  4. Effects of shift work on the mental health of police officers: Results from a study within the police of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Journal Article
    Opielka, Sascha; Staller, Mario (2024)
    In: Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, pp. 1-12
    Empirical research (163) Police (89) Psychology (20) Mental health (19)
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  5. Insane offenders, dangerous criminals, criminal responsibility and security measures: the positivist criminology network and the reform of criminal law in imperial Germany Journal Article
    Härter, Karl (2023)
    In: GLOSSAE. European Journal of Legal History, pp. 67-94
    Legal history (146) Law reform (124) Criminal law: culpability (84) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Criminals (49) Recidivism (33) Codes and codification (24) Psychology (20) Psychiatric / mental institution (11) Insanity (8) Legal positivism (6)
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  6. A German perspective Contribution
    Kaspar, Johannes; Stübner, Susanne (2022)
    In: van der Wolf, Michiel (Eds.), Safeguarding the quality of forensic assessment in sentencing, Routledge, New York, pp. 146-174
    Sentences (122) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Criminal law: juveniles (75) Judicial discretion (21) Psychology (20) Mental health (19) Psychiatry (12) Psychiatric / mental institution (11)
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  7. Negotiating the territories of anti-trafficking efforts. The “unlikely cooperation” between police officers and social workers in Germany Contribution
    Leser, Julia; Dölemeyer, Anne (2022)
    In: Darley, Mathilde (Eds.), Trafficking and sex work. Gender, race and public order, Routledge, London, pp. 68-83
    Police (89) Offenses against the person (59) Organized crime (36) Psychology (20) Sex (16) Dispute resolution (6)
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  8. Measuring aggression in German youth prison - A validation of the German reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire (RPQ) in a sample of incarcerated juvenile offenders Journal Article
    Heynen, Evelyn; van der Helm, Peer; Stams, Geert Jan; Roest, Jesse (2022)
    In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 66(13-14), pp. 1475-1486
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Criminal law: juveniles (75) Crime (44) Violence (29) Psychology (20)
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  9. A useful science: Criminal interrogation and the turn to psychology in Germany around 1800 Journal Article
    Hofman, Elwin (2022)
    In: Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences, 58(3), pp. 319-334
    Psychology (20) History (14) Criminal interrogation (12)
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  10. Using photovoice in the German criminal justice system Contribution
    Fitzgibbon, Wendy (2022)
    In: Fitzgibbon, Wendy (Eds.), Applied photovoice in criminal justice, Routledge, London, pp. 60-77
    Empirical research (163) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Parole and probation (37) Psychology (20) Restorative justice (12) Photographs and photography (3)
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  11. Ethical decisions between the conflicting priorities of legality and group loyalty: scrutinizing the “Code of Silence” among volunteer firefighters with a vignette-based factorial survey Journal Article
    Kleinewiese, Julia; Graeff, Peter (2021)
    In: Deviant Behavior, 42(10), pp. 1228-1241
    Empirical research (163) Crime (44) Witnesses (23) Psychology (20) Associations and societies (4) Professions (1)
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  12. Psychological differences between radicalized and non-radicalized Muslim prisoners: A qualitative analysis of their frame alignment Journal Article
    Stemmler, Mark; Endres, Johann; King, Sonja; Ritter, Bianca; Becker, Kristina (2021)
    In: Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 104(3), pp. 283-297
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Terrorism (81) Extremism (36) Violence (29) Psychology (20) Religion (17)
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  13. How guilty and innocent suspects perceive the police and themselves: suspect interviews in Germany Journal Article
    May, Lennart; Gewehr, Elsa; Zimmermann, Johannes; Raible, Yonna; Volbert, Renate (2021)
    In: Legal and Criminological Psychology, 26(1), pp. 42-61
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Police (89) Criminals (49) Psychology (20) Criminal interrogation (12)
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  14. Repressive rehabilitation : crime, morality, and delinquency in Berlin-Brandenburg, 1945-1958 Contribution
    Evans, Jennifer V. (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 302-326
    Criminal law: juveniles (75) Punishment, Purposes of (65) Rehabilitation of criminals (23) Psychology (20) Offenses against morals (14) Inter-German relations (12) Parents and children (9) Socialism (6) Capitalism (1)
  15. Crime and literature in the Weimar Republic and beyond : telling the tale of the poisoners Ella Klein and Margarete Nebbe Contribution
    Herzog, Todd (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 226-244
    Criminology (127) Trials: particular (51) Women (38) Homicide (38) Sociology (33) Psychology (20) Homosexuality (10) Marriage (4) Law in literature (2)