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  1. The dynamics of criminal contagion: a text-mining analysis of offense reports Journal Article
    Welsch, Robin; Kemmer, Thomas; Teschner, David; Schmidt, Albrecht; Hildebrandt, Andreas; Rettenberger, Martin (2025)
    In: Psychology, Crime & Law, pp. 1-19
    Police Sexual offenses Crime Refugees Crime prevention News media Criminology Law enforcement
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  2. A bounding approach to age–period–cohort analysis: A demonstration using public crime concerns in Germany Journal Article
    Yastrebov, Gordey; Trinidad, Alexander; Leopold, Thomas (2025)
    In: Journal of Quantitative Criminology
    Crime Criminology Empirical research
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    Open Access
  3. Crime and safety in rural Germany Contribution
    Drenkhahn, Kirstin; Nagel, Christoph (2025)
    In: Ceccato, Vania; Harkness, Alistair (Eds.), Crime, peoples and places, Routledge, London, pp. 97-108
    Crime Criminal statistics Statistics Empirical research Victims Trust in state actors Police
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  4. A drop in crime and in fear Journal Article
    Boers, Klaus (2025)
    In: Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 108(1), pp. 58-63
    Criminology Crime Criminal policy Victims Comparative law
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  5. Cannabis use, health problems, and criminal offences in Germany: national and state-level trends between 2009 and 2021 Journal Article
    Manthey, Jakob; Klinger, Sinja; Rosenkranz, Moritz; Schwarzkopf, Larissa (2024)
    In: European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience
    Drug abuse Health Crime Empirical research
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    Open Access
  6. The insignificance principle between Germany and Brazil: A cautionary tale on legal imports Journal Article
    Castro, Alexander (2024)
    In: Criminal Law Forum, 35(2), pp. 123-152
    Comparative law Reception of law Crime Criminal law: theory Legal history Sanctions, Administrative
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  7. Faithful and fearful: Does religion promote or reduce fear of crime in Germany? Journal Article
    Steinmann, Jan-Philip (2024)
    In: European Journal of Criminology, pp. 1-34
    Criminology Victims Crime Religion Minorities Empirical research
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    Open Access
  8. Do refugees impact crime? Causal evidence from large-scale refugee immigration to Germany Journal Article
    Lange, Martin; Sommerfeld, Katrin (2024)
    In: Labour Economics
    Refugees Emigration and immigration Crime Empirical research
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    Open Access
  9. Do crime victims lose trust in others? Evidence from Germany Journal Article
    Friehe, Tim; Do, Vu Mai Linh (2023)
    In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
    Victims Crime Empirical research
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  10. “Clan crime” in Germany: Migration politics, socio-economic conditions, and intergenerational transmission of criminal behavior Contribution
    Jaraba, Mahmoud (2023)
    In: Nelen, Hans; Siegel, Dina (Eds.), Organized crime in the 21st century. Motivations, opportunities, and constraints, Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 85-101
    Criminal law: complicity Organized crime Emigration and immigration Anthropology Minorities Crime Sociology
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  11. The ‘Arab Clans’ discourse: Narrating racialization, kinship, and crime in the German media Journal Article
    Özvatan, Özgür; Neuhauser, Bastian; Yurdakul, Gökçe (2023)
    In: Social Sciences, 12(2)
    News media Races Crime Emigration and immigration Discrimination Minorities Islamophobia Sociology Empirical research Language and languages
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  12. Does empathy attenuate the criminogenic effect of low self-control in late life? Journal Article
    Hirtenlehner, Helmut; Trivedi-Bateman, Neema; Baier, Dirk; Strohmeier, Dagmar (2023)
    In: International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 47(1), pp. 57-77
    Criminology Aged Crime
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    Open Access
  13. 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
    Crime Criminal law: juveniles Prisons and imprisonment Criminology Psychology Violence Empirical research
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    Open Access
  14. Utilizing personal values to explain people’s attitudes towards legal norms Journal Article
    Bilsky, Wolfgang; Borg, Ingwer; Hermann, Dieter (2022)
    In: European Journal of Criminology, 19(4), pp. 632-652
    Criminology Empirical research Crime Sociology
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    Open Access
  15. Enforcement of policies against illicit trade in tobacco products in Germany Contribution
    Böse, Martin; Kober, David (2022)
    In: Tosza, Stanisław; Vervaele, John (Eds.), Combatting illicit trade in tobacco products, Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 227-288
    Tobacco Taxation: avoidance and evasion Food, drug and cosmetic law Sanctions, Administrative Law enforcement Crime Health Treaties European Union Codes and codification
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