Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Insanity in German criminal law Contribution
    Rauxloh, Regina (2022)
    In: Brookbanks, Warren; Mackay, Ronnie (Eds.), The insanity defence. International and comparative perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford, (Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice, ), pp. 247-273
    Criminal law: culpability (84) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Criminal law: complicity (50) Defenses (criminal law) (36) Excuse (criminal law) (29) Sanctions, Non-criminal (21) Mental health (19) Psychiatric / mental institution (11) Insanity (8)
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  4. Defendants and detainees with psychiatric disturbances in Germany Contribution
    Haverkamp, Rita; Galli, Thomas (2021)
    In: Krabbe, Maartje; van Kempen, P. (Eds.), Mental health and criminal justice. International and domestic perspectives on defendants and detainees with mental illness, Eleven, The Hague, pp. 227-250
    Prisons and imprisonment (82) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) (43) Sanctions, Non-criminal (21) Mental health (19) Psychiatry (12) Psychiatric / mental institution (11)
  5. Typology of murder-suicides in Berlin according to a longitudinal study based on autopsy files Journal Article
    Zimmermann, Milan; Tsokos, Michael (2021)
    In: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, 17(2), pp. 247-253
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Homicide (38) Crime prevention (35) Domestic or gender-based violence (23) Mental health (19) Suicide (17) Aged (11)
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  6. Autonomy and the right to (end one’s?) life: a German perspective Contribution
    Momsen, Carsten; Schwarze, Mathis (2021)
    In: Forster, Charles; Herring, Jonathan; O'Neill, Clayton; Tingle, John (Eds.), Routledge handbook of global health rights, Routledge, London, pp. 332-347
    Law reform (124) Judgments (69) Trials: particular (51) Civil rights (51) Homicide (38) Legal good (24) Medical ethics (23) Mental health (19) Jurisprudence (18) Euthanasia (18) Suicide (17)
  7. Preventive detention in Germany and Europe Contribution
    Drenkhahn, Kirstin; Morgenstern, Christine (2020)
    In: Felthous, Alan; Sass, Henning (Eds.), Diagnosis and treatment, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, (The Wiley international handbook on psychopathic disorders and the law, Volume I), pp. 87-106
    Comparative law (254) Legal history (146) Criminal law: culpability (84) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Judgments (69) Arrest, detention and bail (59) European Union and national law (relationship) (51) European Court of Human Rights (36) Recidivism (33) Sanctions, Non-criminal (21) Mental health (19)
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  8. Freedom restrictive coercive measures in forensic psychiatry Journal Article
    Flammer, Erich; Frank, Udo; Steinert, Tilman (2020)
    In: Frontiers in psychiatry, pp. 1-7
    Criminals (49) Sanctions, Non-criminal (21) Mental health (19) Psychiatry (12) Psychiatric / mental institution (11)
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  9. National total survey of German adolescent suicide in prison Journal Article
    Radeloff, Daniel; Lempp, Thomas; Herrmann, E.; Kettner, Mattias; Bennefeld-Kersten, Katharina; Freitag, Christine M. (2015)
    In: European child & adolescent psychiatry, 24(2), pp. 219-25
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Criminal law: juveniles (75) Mental health (19) Suicide (17)
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  10. The medicalization of Wilhelmine and Weimar juvenile justice reconsidered Contribution
    Finder, Gabriel N. (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 137-157
    Criminal law: juveniles (75) Rule of law (23) Mental health (19) Psychiatry (12) years: 1880 - 1945 (7)
  11. 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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  12. 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)
  13. Dealing with the mentally ill in the criminal justice system in Germany Journal Article
    Konrad, Norbert; Lau, Steffen (2010)
    In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 33(4), pp. 236-240
    Law reform (124) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Criminal law: culpability (84) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Parole and probation (37) Mental health (19) Psychiatry (12) Psychiatric / mental institution (11) Insanity (8)
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  14. Is psychopathy elevated among criminal offenders who are under preventive detention pursuant to Section 66 of the German Penal Code? Journal Article
    Habermeyer, Elmar; Passow, Daniel; Vohs, Knut (2010)
    In: Behavioral sciences & the law, 28(2), pp. 267-76
    Empirical research (163) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Sexual offenses (58) Criminals (49) Recidivism (33) Mental health (19) Psychiatry (12) Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence (10)
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  15. Dangerousness, long prison terms, and preventive measures in Germany Journal Article
    Dessecker, Axel (2009)
    In: Champ pénal/Penal field, pp. 1-27
    Legal history (146) Sentences (122) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Criminals (49) Crime prevention (35) Penology (33) Mental health (19)
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