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  1. On being a ‘passive observer’: The corporeal and affective dimensions of power in observational research on trafficked women in criminal proceedings Journal Article
    FitzGerald, Sharron (2025)
    In: Qualitative Research, 25(3), pp. 611-628
    Offenses against the person Organized crime Sexual offenses Women Victims Witnesses Criminal interrogation Feminism Criminal procedure Empirical research
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  2. Audiovisual interrogation of witnesses in Belgium and Germany and its fundamental rights implications Journal Article
    Beazley, Ashlee; Ertle, Lena; Mosna, Anna; Rackow, Peter (2025)
    In: European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 33(1-2), pp. 133-153
    Criminal procedure Criminal interrogation Witnesses Evidence: criminal law Video, tape and disc recordings, etc. Civil rights Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Due process of law
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  3. Pretext, deception and entrapment in criminal investigations Contribution
    Brodowski, Dominik; M. Fissell, Brenner; Roberts, Paul (2025)
    In: Ambos, Kai; Duff, Antony; Heinze, Alexander; Roberts, Julian; Weigend, Thomas (Eds.), Core concepts in criminal law and criminal justice. Volume III, Cambridge University Press, pp. 305-350
    Police Criminal investigation Criminal interrogation Agents provocateurs Rule of law Criminal procedure
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  4. A useful science: Criminal interrogation and the turn to psychology in Germany around 1800 Journal Article
    Hofman, Elwin (2022)
    In: Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences, 58(3), pp. 319-334
    Criminal interrogation History Psychology
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  5. How guilty and innocent suspects perceive the police and themselves: suspect interviews in Germany Journal Article
    May, Lennart; Gewehr, Elsa; Zimmermann, Johannes; Raible, Yonna; Volbert, Renate (2021)
    In: Legal and Criminological Psychology, 26(1), pp. 42-61
    Empirical research Criminology Police Criminal interrogation Psychology Criminals
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    Open Access
  6. The suspect as a source of information Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2020)
    In: Eidam, Lutz; Lindemann, Michael; Ransiek, Andreas (Eds.), Interrogation, confession, and truth. Comparative studies in criminal procedure, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Schriften zum Internationalen und Europäischen Strafrecht, Band 43), pp. 11-28
    Comparative law Admissions and confessions Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Legal history Criminal interrogation Evidence: criminal law
  7. Limiting procedural rights during police interrogation in terror crimes: a comparative analysis of European and U.S. laws and suggestions to Turkish law Journal Article
    Soyaslan, Gülen (2020)
    In: Journal of Penal Law & Criminology, 8(1), pp. 143-168
    Civil rights Terrorism Comparative law Criminal interrogation Judgments
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  8. Germany: balancing truth against protected constitutional interests Contribution
    Gless, Sabine (2013)
    In: Thaman, Stephen (Eds.), Exclusionary Rules in Comparative Law, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp. 113-142
    Evidence: criminal law Comparative law Criminal law: constitutional aspects Search and seizure Right of privacy Admissions and confessions Criminal interrogation
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  9. The protection of human dignity in interrogations. May interrogative torture ever be tolerated? Reflections in light of recent German and Israeli experiences Journal Article
    Gur-Arye, Miriam; Jessberger, Florian (2011)
    In: Israel Law Review, 44(1-2), pp. 229-262
    Criminal interrogation Torture Criminal procedure Human rights Rule of law Terrorism
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  10. Do rules of evidence apply (only) in the courtroom? Deceptive interrogation in the United States and Germany Journal Article
    Ross, Jacqueline E. (2008)
    In: Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 28(3), pp. 443-474
    Criminal investigation Criminal interrogation Evidence: criminal law Police Comparative law
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  11. The investigative stage of the criminal justice process in Germany Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas; Salditt, Franz (2007)
    In: Cape, Ed (Eds.), Suspects in Europe. Procedural rights at the investigative stage of the criminal process in the European Union, Intersentia, Antwerpen, (Ius commune Euopaeum, 64)
    Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Civil rights Prosecuting and public attorney Arrest, detention and bail Criminal interrogation Surveillance (electronic or fixed)
  12. Case study Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas; Salditt, Franz (2007)
    In: Cape, Ed (Eds.), Suspects in Europe. Procedural rights at the investigative stage of the criminal process in the European Union, Intersentia, Antwerpen, (Ius commune Euopaeum, 64), pp. 229-234
    Criminal procedure Police Arrest, detention and bail Criminal law: juveniles Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Search and seizure Criminal interrogation Admissions and confessions
  13. Germany Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2007)
    In: Bradley, Craig (Eds.), Criminal procedure. A worldwide study, Carolina Academic Press, Durham, pp. 243-272
    Criminal procedure Police Criminal investigation Criminal interrogation Trial practice Juries and lay judges Inquisitorial system Criminal procedure: appeal
  14. Bad torture - good torture? What international criminal lawyers may learn from the recent trial of police officers in Germany Journal Article
    Jessberger, Florian (2005)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 3(5), pp. 1059-1073
    Criminal procedure Torture Law enforcement Police International law Criminal interrogation Offenses against the person Defenses (criminal law) Criminal law: culpability
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  15. German criminal justice as a guide to American law reform. Similar problems, better solutions? Journal Article
    Frase, Richard S.; Weigend, Thomas (1995)
    In: Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, 18(2), pp. 317-360
    Judiciary Administration of justice Courts Criminal procedure Prosecuting and public attorney Search and seizure Criminal interrogation Evidence: criminal law Prosecutorial discretion Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Sentences Appeal Due process of law Victims Comparative law
  • 15 of 1295 Publications