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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Domestic Violence in Germany: A Comparison of Three Representative Population Surveys Journal Article
    Kliem, Sören; Thadden, Alexandra; Lohmann, Anna; Kröger, Christoph; Baier, Dirk (2023)
    In: Journal of interpersonal violence, 38(11-12), pp. 7296-7314
    Empirical research (163) Victims (93) Violence (29) Domestic or gender-based violence (23) Pandemic / Epidemic (18) Children / Adolescents (18)
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  4. The rights of (minor) victims of sexual violence in German criminal procedure Contribution
    Rostalski, Frauke (2023)
    In: Scicluna, Charles; Wijlens, Myriam (Eds.), Rights of alleged victims in penal proceedings, Nomos, Baden-Baden, pp. 243-260
    Criminal procedure (233) Law reform (124) Victims (93) Sexual offenses (58) Witnesses (23) Private prosecution (20) Children / Adolescents (18) Limitation of actions (10) Criminal procedure: appeal (9) Civil suit (criminal procedure) (6)
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  5. “In police we trust?”—Confidence in the police among adolescents with and without a migration background in Germany Journal Article
    Krieg, Yvonne; Lehmann, Lena; Dreißigacker, Leonie; Kliem, Sören (2023)
    In: European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 29(2), pp. 227-246
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Police (89) Criminal law: juveniles (75) Minorities (34) Children / Adolescents (18)
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  6. Developmental and biographical issues in radicalization pathways: A comparative case analysis of homegrown German convicts of Islamist terrorism-related offenses Journal Article
    Moeller, Mika Josephine; Scheithauer, Herbert (2022)
    In: Terrorism and Political Violence, 36(2), pp. 214-233
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Terrorism (81) Extremism (36) Children / Adolescents (18) Religion (17)
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  7. Feminism, science, and politics of infanticide in Wilhelmine Germany Journal Article
    Jackson, S. E. (2022)
    In: Monatshefte, 114(1), pp. 1-23
    Legal history (146) Women (38) Homicide (38) Children / Adolescents (18) Social policy and reform (13) Feminism (9)
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  8. Counteraction to offenses against sexual self-determination of minors in criminal law of Germany Contribution
    Manna, Ammar Abdul Karim; Gumel, Naguib Ali Seif El; Saifullina, Maria Ivanovna (2021)
    In: (Eds.), Proceedings of the VII International Scientific-Practical Conference “Criminal Law and Operative Search Activities: Problems of Legislation, Science and Practice”, SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, pp. 394-399
    Legal history (146) Criminal law (142) Offenses against the person (59) Internet (28) Computer crimes (18) Children / Adolescents (18)
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  9. “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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  10. Mothers' opinions on vaccinations and penal responsibility for vaccination avoidance in nine selected European countries: Findings from a cross-sectional survey Journal Article
    Pisaniak, Paulina; Konarska, Milena; Tarczon, Aleksander; Stawowy, Bartłomiej; Bejster, Karolina; Piórek, Weronika; Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska, Wioletta; Ozga, Dorota (2021)
    In: Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, pp. 1241-1254
    Women (38) Medical laws and legislation (32) Children / Adolescents (18) Health (10) Communicable diseases (3)
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  11. 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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  12. Same, same but different: A comparative study of the Swedish and German support systems for young victims of crime Journal Article
    Thunberg, Sara; Willems, Diana; Schmoll, Annemarie; Yngborn, Annalena (2020)
    In: European Journal of Criminology, 19(5), pp. 1148-1164
    Comparative law (254) Criminology (127) Victims (93) Criminal law: juveniles (75) Children / Adolescents (18)
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  13. Relevance of medical reports in criminal investigations of cases of suspected child abuse Journal Article
    Janßen, Katharina; Greif, Dominik; Rothschild, Markus A.; Banaschak, Sibylle (2017)
    In: International Journal of Legal Medicine, 131(4), pp. 1055-1059
    Offenses against the person (59) Domestic or gender-based violence (23) Children / Adolescents (18) Parents and children (9) Medical jurisprudence (6) Evidence (5)
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  14. Secularization, anti-minority sentiment, and cultural norms in the German circumcision controversy Journal Article
    Munzer, Stephen (2015)
    In: University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 37(2), pp. 503-582
    Judgments (69) Human rights (65) Offenses against the person (59) Constitutional law (54) Minorities (34) Medical laws and legislation (32) Antisemitism (32) Holocaust / Shoah (31) Children / Adolescents (18) Religion (17) Islamophobia (4)
  15. Law and religion in Germany: the case of circumcision of boys Contribution
    Breig, Burkhard (2014)
    In: Gerlach, Julia; Töpfer, Jochen (Eds.), The role of religion in Eastern Europe today, Springer VS, Berlin, pp. 83-94
    Judgments (69) Human rights (65) Offenses against the person (59) Constitutional law (54) Minorities (34) Medical laws and legislation (32) Children / Adolescents (18) Religion (17)