Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. 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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  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. 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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  6. Overuse in the Criminal Justice System in Germany Contribution
    Haverkamp, Rita; Cirener, Gabriele; Boetticher, Axel; Feest, Johannes (2019)
    In: Jendly, Manon; Kempen, P. (Eds.), Overuse in the criminal justice system. On criminalization, prosecution and imprisonment = Le recours excessif au systéme de justice pénal aux sanctions et poursuites pénales et à la détention, Intersentia, Cambridge, pp. 333-362
    Criminal law: theory (164) Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Criminal policy (93) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Arrest, detention and bail (59) Crime (44) Prosecuting and public attorney (43) Parole and probation (37) Judicial statistics (35) Penology (33) Criminal statistics (29) Drug abuse and crime (14) Psychiatric / mental institution (11) Narcotics (5)
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  7. Russian roulette with mental health Journal Article
    Wössner, Gunda (2018)
    In: MaxPlanckResearch, 2018(3), pp. 10-15
    Human rights (65) Criminals (49) Medical laws and legislation (32) Discrimination (18) History (14) Psychiatry (12) Law and ethics (12) Psychiatric / mental institution (11) Statutes (10) Liberty (9) Insanity (8)
  8. Correctional treatment of sexual and violent offenders Journal Article
    Wössner, Gunda; Schwedler, Andreas (2014)
    In: Criminal Justice and Behavior, 41(7), pp. 862-879
    Empirical research (163) Criminology (127) Law reform (124) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Sexual offenses (58) Crime prevention (35) Recidivism (33) Rehabilitation of criminals (23) Psychiatric / mental institution (11) Statutes (10)
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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. Incompatible contrasts? - preventive detention in Germany and the European Convention on Human Rights Journal Article
    Merkel, Grischa (2010)
    In: German Law Journal, 11(9), pp. 1046-1066
    Comparative law (254) Criminal law (142) Arrest, detention and bail (59) European Union and national law (relationship) (51) European Court of Human Rights (36) Crime prevention (35) Recidivism (33) Psychiatric / mental institution (11)
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  • 11 of 1237 Publications