Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Borderland criminal law : Judicial and police cooperation in German-French borderlands as a laboratory of transnational criminal law? Journal Article
    Brodowski, Dominik (2025)
    In: Transnational Criminal Law Review, 4(2), pp. 340-346
    Boundaries (international law) Police / Policing Law enforcement International agencies International judicial assistance Criminal law Jurisdiction Treaties
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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. Social control through data science systems: A conceptual essay Journal Article
    Boers, Klaus; Grimme, Christian; Huang, He; Kemme, Stefanie; Schaerff, Marcus; Singelnstein, Tobias (2025)
    In: International Criminology
    Artificial intelligence Big data Databases Data protection Right of privacy Communications and mass media Surveillance (electronic or fixed) Police / Policing
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  4. Policing the surplus crisis, carceral racism and abolitionist resistance in Germany Journal Article
    Thompson, Vanessa Eileen (2025)
    In: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 48(7), pp. 1393-1411
    Police / Policing Races Emigration and immigration Refugees Organized crime Offenses committed in public office
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  5. 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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  6. 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
  7. 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 / Policing Criminal investigation Criminal interrogation Agents provocateurs Rule of law Criminal procedure
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  8. 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 / Policing
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  9. Police use of excessive force in Germany Book
    Abdul-Rahman, Laila; Espín Grau, Hannah; Klaus, Luise; Singelnstein, Tobias (2025)
    ISBN 9783593520155, Campus, Frankfurt
    Police / Policing Offenses against the administration of justice Violence Empirical research Criminology
  10. Police and racism in Germany: A historical genesis Contribution
    Pilone, Lea (2025)
    In: Puccio, Daniele; Roldán Mendívil, Eleonora; Sarbo, Bafta (Eds.), The diversity of exploitation, Brill, pp. 80-94
    Police / Policing Races Violence History
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  11. Policing child sexual exploitation and abuse cases: a qualitative PRIORITY study of the challenges faced by law enforcement officers in Germany, Portugal, and Sweden Journal Article
    Tselenti, Danai; Carvalho, Joana; Azevedo, Vanessa; Gomes, Hugo Santos; Haubrock, Lina Sophie; Hillert, Jana; Rahm, Christoffer; Briken, Peer; Dekker, Arne; Joleby, Malin; Seto, Michael Chikong (2025)
    In: Policing and Society, pp. 1-18
    Police / Policing Sexual offenses Children / Adolescents Comparative law Law enforcement Empirical research
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  12. 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 / Policing Internet Secret service
  13. Police discrimination and police distrust among ethnic minority adolescents in Germany Journal Article
    Kogan, Irena; Weißmann, Markus; Dollmann, Jörg (2024)
    In: Frontiers in sociology
    Police / Policing Emigration and immigration Children / Adolescents Discrimination Minorities Men Gender / Gender identity / Gender studies Trust in state actors Empirical research
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    Open Access
  14. Effects of shift work on the mental health of police officers: Results from a study within the police of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Journal Article
    Opielka, Sascha; Staller, Mario (2024)
    In: Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, pp. 1-12
    Police / Policing Mental health Psychology Empirical research
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  15. Interpretive regimes of violence in action. The “Welcome to Hell” demonstration during the G20 Summit in Hamburg 2017 Contribution
    Schattka, Chris (2023)
    In: Bürger, Bernd; Herold, Tamara; Lee, Ryan (Eds.), Public order policing. A professional's guide to international theories, case studies, and best practices, Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 79-99
    Police / Policing Violence Freedom of assembly Extremism
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