Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Motherboard and Vaterland: The gendered dimensions of right-wing radicalization and violence in Germany Contribution
    Lippert, Lisa M. Sarida (2025)
    In: Ahmad, Haval; Christie, Kenneth; Kampmark, Binoy (Eds.), Global extremism de-radicalization programmes and policies, Springer Nature, Cham, pp. 53-77
    Extremism Violence Sex Women Races Demography Domestic or gender-based violence Political crimes National Socialism Terrorism Hate crimes / Hate speech Internet Crime prevention Gender / Gender identity / Gender studies
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  2. The security of the future – Artificial Intelligence and social control. From predictive policing to social scoring Contribution
    Singelnstein, Tobias (2025)
    In: Burchard, Christoph; Spiecker gen. Döhmann, Indra (Eds.), Algorithmic transformation and diffusion of power: Trust, conflict, uncertainty and control, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, pp. 267-280
    Artificial intelligence Crime Criminology Crime prevention Criminal law Private security services Police / Policing
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  3. 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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  4. 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 / Policing Sexual offenses Crime Refugees Crime prevention News media Criminology Law enforcement
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  5. Doing discretion – authority, ambiguity and control in German traffic stops Journal Article
    Dangelmaier, Tamara (2025)
    In: Policing and Society, pp. 1-16
    Police / Policing Crime prevention Traffic violations Empirical research
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    Open Access
  6. “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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  7. 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 / Policing Extremism Crime prevention Violence
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  8. 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 / Policing National security Sociology Criminology Crime prevention
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  9. 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 / Policing Empirical research Crime prevention
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  10. 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 / Policing Crime prevention Search and seizure Criminal law: theory
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  11. 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 / Policing Search and seizure Crime prevention Empirical research
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  12. 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 / Policing Artificial intelligence Races Crime prevention Public law
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    Open Access
  13. 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
  14. 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 / Policing 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
  15. 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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