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  1. The German 'Dunkelfeld' approach: When the dark figure of sexual delinquency against minors remains shady Journal Article
    König, Andrej (2025)
    In: Journal of prevention, 46(4), pp. 463-466
    Children / Adolescents Sexual offenses Victims Crime prevention Recidivism Empirical research
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  2. 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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  3. Doing discretion – authority, ambiguity and control in German traffic stops Journal Article
    Dangelmaier, Tamara (2025)
    In: Policing and Society, pp. 1-16
    Police Crime prevention Traffic violations Empirical research
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    Open Access
  4. “Killing all infidels”: Leaking prior to islamist terrorist attacks in Germany Journal Article
    Tampe, Laura; Bondü, Rebecca (2024)
    In: Terrorism and Political Violence, pp. 1-16
    Terrorism Empirical research Political crimes Psychology Violence Crime prevention
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  5. Strategies for resilience: results from a German pilot project to prevent far-right radicalisation within the police Journal Article
    Koehler, Daniel; Filipps, Julia (2023)
    In: Policing and Society, pp. 1-15
    Police Extremism Crime prevention Violence
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  6. Plural policing of immigrant neighbourhoods in Germany: An understanding of the concept and resulting recommendations for action Contribution
    Frevel, Bernhard; Pehle, Sigrid (2022)
    In: Garand, Jacqueline; Hirschmann, Nathalie; John, Tobias; Reichl, Frauke (Eds.), Plural policing in the global north. Insights into concepts, aspects and practices, Springer, Cham, pp. 73-85
    Emigration and immigration Police National security Sociology Criminology Crime prevention
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  7. Volunteer police services in Germany: Two case studies on goals and underlying forms of legitimacy Contribution
    Reichl, Frauke (2022)
    In: Garand, Jacqueline; Hirschmann, Nathalie; John, Tobias; Reichl, Frauke (Eds.), Plural policing in the global north. Insights into concepts, aspects and practices, Springer, Cham, pp. 111-135
    Police Empirical research Crime prevention
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  8. Narrative construction of power and knowledge in the police: Suspicion and defining the deviant Contribution
    Dangelmaier, Tamara (2022)
    In: Porsché, Yannik; Scholz, Ronny; Singh, Jaspal (Eds.), Institutionality. Studies of discursive and material (re-)ordering, Springer, Cham, (Springer eBook Collection, ), pp. 429-448
    Police Crime prevention Search and seizure Criminal law: theory
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  9. Police stops in Germany – Between legal rules and informal practices Journal Article
    Aden, Hartmut; Bosch, Alexander; Fährmann, Jan; Thurn, Roman (2022)
    In: Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 11(2), pp. 116-131
    Police Search and seizure Crime prevention Empirical research
    DOI
  10. On reaching a crime scene ahead of the criminal: Dreams of police and technology from the 1970s to today Journal Article
    Sow, Amadou Korbinian (2022)
    In: German Law Journal, 23(4), pp. 597-624
    Legal history Criminal law: theory Police Artificial intelligence Races Crime prevention Public law
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    Open Access
  11. 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
    Homicide Suicide Domestic or gender-based violence Aged Criminology Mental health Empirical research Crime prevention
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    Open Access
  12. Legendierte Polizeikontrollen: Judgment from the German Federal Court of Justice ( Bundesgerichtshof ) of April 26, 2017, 2 StR 247/16 Journal Article
    Karbe, Dorothee; Jawurek, Charlotte; Sarder, Philipp (2020)
    In: German Law Journal, 21(4), pp. 756-774
    Police Crime prevention Criminal investigation Search and seizure Criminal law: constitutional aspects Criminal procedure Drug abuse and crime Evidence: criminal law Due process of law
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    Open Access
  13. Preventive justice and the dangerous offender: seeking solutions to protect society Contribution
    Watney, Murdoch (2020)
    In: Hugo, Charl; Möllers, Thomas (Eds.), Legal certainty and fundamental rights. A cross-disciplinary approach to constitutional principles in German and South African law, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Augsburger Rechtsstudien, 89), pp. 189-220
    Criminals Recidivism Crime prevention Arrest, detention and bail Sentences Comparative law
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  14. Criminal recidivism after imprisonment among sex offenders and violent offenders: a comparison between self-reported and officially recorded reoffending behavior Journal Article
    Wössner, Gunda; Hefner, Franziska (2020)
    In: Criminology - The Online Journal, pp. 264-282
    Criminology Empirical research Recidivism Sexual offenses Crime prevention Criminals
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  15. The anti-money laundering architecture of Germany Contribution
    Vogel, Benjamin (2020)
    In: Maillart, Jean-Baptiste; Vogel, Benjamin (Eds.), National and international anti-money laundering law. Developing the architecture of criminal justice, regulation and data protection, Intersentia, Cambridge, Antwerp, Chicago
    Money laundering Legislation Law reform Terrorism Crime prevention Organized crime Economic crimes and offenses