Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Dominant court decision-making: Germany. Conditional release in Germany - Who decides? And who really does? Contribution
    Morgenstern, Christine (2014)
    In: Herzog-Evans, Martine (Eds.), Offender release and supervision. The role of courts and the use of discretion, Wolf Legal Publishers, Oisterwijk, pp. 109-135
    Sentences (122) Parole and probation (37) Judges (32) Rehabilitation of criminals (23) Judicial discretion (21)
  2. Germany Contribution
    Drenkhahn, Kirstin; Dudeck, Manuela; Dünkel, Frieder (2014)
    In: Drenkhahn, Kirstin; Dudeck, Manuela; Dünkel, Frieder (Eds.), Long-term imprisonment and human rights, Routledge, London, (Routledge frontiers of criminal justice, 21), pp. 180-197
    Sentences (122) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Parole and probation (37) Judicial statistics (35) Sanctions, Non-criminal (21)
  3. Sentencing and prison practices in Germany and the Netherlands Journal Article
    Subramanian, Ram; Shames, Alison (2014)
    In: Federal Sentencing Reporter, 27(1), pp. 33-45
    Sentences (122) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Sanctions, Criminal (77)
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  4. Consensual elements in German criminal procedural law Journal Article
    Bittmann, Folker (2014)
    In: German Law Journal, 15(1), pp. 15-42
    Criminal procedure (233) Sentences (122) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Admissions and confessions (22) Judicial process (12) Criminal procedure: appeal (9)
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  5. Secure preventive detention in Germany: incapacitation or treatment intervention? Journal Article
    Drenkhahn, Kirstin (2013)
    In: Behavioral sciences & the law, 31(3), pp. 312-27
    Sentences (122) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Punishment, Purposes of (65) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Crime prevention (35) Recidivism (33) Sanctions, Non-criminal (21) Retroactive laws (20) Mental health (19) Psychiatric / mental institution (11)
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  6. Penal theory and the protection of life – the human dignity argument and its inconsistencies in German criminal law Contribution
    Wörner, Liane (2013)
    In: Sinn, Arndt (Eds.), Menschenrechte und Strafrecht. Beiträge zur 4. Sitzung des International Forum on Crime and Criminal Law in the Global Era (IFCCLGE), V&R Unipress, Göttingen, (Schriften des Zentrums für Europäische und Internationale Strafrechtsstudien, 5), pp. 25-36
    Criminal law: theory (164) Sentences (122) Human rights (65) Criminal law: constitutional aspects (47) Abortion (22) Punishment, Theories of (20) Enemy law (1)
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  7. Moderate and non-arbitrary sentencing without guidelines – the German experience Journal Article
    Hörnle, Tatjana (2013)
    In: Law and Contemporary Problems, 76(1), pp. 189-210
    Sentences (122) Judges (32)
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  8. Sentencing in Germany. Explaining long-term stability in the structure of criminal sanctions and sentencing Journal Article
    Albrecht, Hans-Jörg (2013)
    In: Law and Contemporary Problems, 76(1), pp. 211-236
    Sentences (122) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Criminal law: constitutional aspects (47) Penology (33) Judicial process (12) Insanity (8)
  9. The incapacitation of the dangerous offender: criminal policy and legislation in the Federal Republic of Germany Contribution
    Albrecht, Hans-Jörg (2012)
    In: Duker, Marius; Malsch, Marijke (Eds.), Incapacitation. Trends and new perspectives, Routledge, Ashgate, pp. 39-61
    Sentences (122) Criminal policy (93) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Punishment, Purposes of (65) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Criminals (49) Legislation (42) European Court of Human Rights (36) Judicial statistics (35) Recidivism (33) Sanctions, Non-criminal (21)
  10. What is in a name? Preventive detention in Germany in the shadow of European Human Rights Law Journal Article
    Drenkhahn, Kirstin; Morgenstern, Christine; van Zyl Smit, Dirk (2012)
    In: The Criminal Law Review, 2012(3), pp. 167-187
    Comparative law (254) Criminal law: theory (164) Sentences (122) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Judgments (69) Human rights (65) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Constitutional law (54) European Union and national law (relationship) (51) Criminals (49) European Court of Human Rights (36) Courts (27) Sanctions, Non-criminal (21) Mental health (19)
  11. A judge by another name? Comparative perspectives on the role of the public prosecutor Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2012)
    In: Luna, Erik (Eds.), The prosecutor in transnational perspective, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 377-391
    Comparative law (254) Criminal law: theory (164) Sentences (122) Police (89) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Criminal investigation (65) Prosecuting and public attorney (43) Prosecutorial discretion (37) Judges (32)
  12. The reception of ECtHR decisions by German criminal courts - illustrated by means of the ECtHR judgment of 17 December 2009 on the German Law on Preventive Detention Journal Article
    Frommann, Maike (2012)
    In: Hanse Law Review, 8(1), pp. 81-99
    Sentences (122) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Constitutional law (54) European Union and national law (relationship) (51) Criminal law: constitutional aspects (47) Retroactive laws (20) Constitutional courts (11)
  13. Principles of German criminal procedure Book
    Bohlander, Michael (2012)
    Vol. 8, ISBN 184946216, Hart Publishing, Oxford
    Criminal procedure (233) Sentences (122) Evidence: criminal law (73) Judgments (69) Criminal investigation (65) Criminal law: constitutional aspects (47) Due process of law (39) Courts (27) Trial practice (11) Appeal (7)
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  14. German practice regarding enforcement of sentences passed by international criminal courts and tribunals Journal Article
    Elberling, Björn (2011)
    In: German Yearbook of International Law, pp. 665-670
    Sentences (122) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Sanctions, Criminal (77) International criminal law (60) Parole and probation (37) International criminal courts and tribunals (15) International judicial assistance (10)
  15. Life sentences in Germany: an example of increasing punitiveness in the criminal justice system? Contribution
    Dessecker, Axel (2011)
    In: Kury, Helmut; Shea, Evelyn (Eds.), Punitiveness and punishment, Brockmeyer, Bochum, (Crime and crime policy, 8-3), pp. 21-42
    Legal history (146) Sentences (122) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Parole and probation (37) Judicial statistics (35) Statistics (11)