Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. The legal status of the polygraph in Germany Journal Article
    Floren, Thorsten (2025)
    In: European Polygraph, 19(1), pp. 91-100
    Criminal investigation Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence Civil rights Evidence: criminal law Evidence
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  2. Germany: A clash of systems between EU mutual legal assistance instruments and national law Contribution
    Albrecht, Anna H.; Schneider, Anne (2025)
    In: Caianiello, Michele; Contissa, Giuseppe; Lasagni, Giulia (Eds.), Facilitating judicial cooperation in the EU, Brill | Nijhoff, pp. 182-217
    International judicial assistance European Union and national law (relationship) Extradition Arrest, detention and bail Civil rights Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Remedies European Law: general
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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. Ineffective legal representation in Germany Contribution
    Diederichs, Laura Farina (2025)
    In: Beazley, Ashlee; Panzavolta, Michele; Sanders, Andrew (Eds.), Poor defence lawyering in criminal proceedings, Routledge, London, pp. 32-55
    Malpractice Attorneys Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Due process of law Costs Evidence Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence European Law: general
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  5. German report Contribution
    Schneider, Anne (2024)
    In: Rogacka-Rzewnicka, Maria (Eds.), Limits of freedom of public authorities with respect to obtaining evidence at the stage of investigation, Brill, Leiden, pp. 71-104
    Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Evidence: criminal law Prosecuting and public attorney Courts Criminal law: constitutional aspects Civil rights
  6. Private parties' contribution to the detection and investigation of crime under German law Contribution
    Vogel, Benjamin (2024)
    In: Kosta, Eleni; Lassalle, Maxime; Vogel, Benjamin (Eds.), Law of public-private cooperation against financial crime: developing information-sharing on money laundering and terrorism financing, Intersentia, Cambridge, pp. 191-244
    Criminal investigation Criminal law Money laundering Terrorism Police Internet Secret service
  7. The verdict against Demjanjuk: A late correction Contribution
    Goetze, Kirsten (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 43-56
    National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism Concentration camps Criminal law: complicity Genocide Trials: particular European Court of Human Rights Criminal investigation
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  8. A procedural oddity in the investigation stage in Turkish and German practise: Preliminary interview with the suspect Journal Article
    Kahraman, Recep (2024)
    In: İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası / Istanbul Law Review, 82(4), pp. 1343-1377
    Evidence: criminal law Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Comparative law
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  9. German criminal procedure Contribution
    Peristeridou, Christina; Klip, André (2024)
    In: Klip, André; Peristeridou, Christina (Eds.), Comparative perspectives of criminal procedure, Intersentia, Cambridge, pp. 40-43
    Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Indictment and information Inquisitorial system
  10. The Covid-19 pandemic and criminal proceedings in Germany Contribution
    Kempfle, Roland (2023)
    In: Gajda-Roszczynialska, Katarzyna (Eds.), Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on justice systems. Reconstruction or erosion of justice systems case study and suggested solution, V&R Unipress, Göttingen, pp. 423-431
    Pandemic / Epidemic Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Prosecuting and public attorney Arrest, detention and bail Courts Prisons and imprisonment Criminal law: juveniles
  11. The German system Contribution
    Governa, Jacopo (2023)
    In: Governa, Jacopo (Eds.), Rethinking the prosecutor's discretion at the International Criminal Court. Substantive limitations and judicial control, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, (Beiträge zum Internationalen und Europäischen Strafrecht - Studies in International and European Criminal Law and Procedure, 52)
    Criminal procedure Prosecuting and public attorney Prosecutorial discretion Criminal law: theory Criminal investigation Indictment and information
  12. Witness evidence in pre-trial and trial procedure Contribution
    Jackson, John D.; Weigend, Thomas (2022)
    In: Ambos, Kai; Duff, Antony; Heinze, Alexander; Roberts, Julian; Weigend, Thomas (Eds.), Core concepts in criminal law and criminal justice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 260-299
    Evidence: criminal law European Court of Human Rights Criminal investigation Witnesses Human rights Comparative law Inquisitorial system Adversarial system
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  13. Cooperation agreements in Germany and the United States Contribution
    Ambos, Kai; Thaman, Stephen C. (2022)
    In: Ambos, Kai; Duff, Antony; Heinze, Alexander; Roberts, Julian; Weigend, Thomas (Eds.), Core concepts in criminal law and criminal justice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 300-346
    Comparative law Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal investigation Criminal procedure Prosecutorial discretion Judicial discretion Evidence: criminal law Sentences Due process of law Wrongful conviction
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  14. Police investigations in “loverboy” cases. The modus operandi of “loverboys” – challenges of law enforcement in dealing with the offence of trafficking in human beings Journal Article
    Körner, Mascha (2022)
    In: Zeitschrift für Polizeiwissenschaft und polizeiliche Praxis, 19(5), pp. 77-91
    Organized crime Offenses against the person Police Criminal investigation Victims Offenses against morals Empirical research
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  15. Different styles of policing : discretionary power in street controls by the public police in France and Germany Contribution
    de Maillard, Jacques; Hunold, Daniela; Oberwittler, Dietrich (2022)
    In: Roché, Sebastian; de Maillard, Jacques (Eds.), The rise of comparative policing, Routledge, London, pp. 93-106
    Police Sociology Criminology Empirical research Search and seizure Minorities Criminal investigation