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Penal moderation in Europe: Germany and France put to the test Contribution
Drenkhahn, Kirstin; Jobard, Fabien; Singelnstein, Tobias (2025)
In: Cliquennois, Gaëtan; Durnescu, Ioan; Humblet, Diete; Larrauri, Elena; Snacken, Sonja (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of European penology, Routledge, London, pp. 152-164

Punishment, Purposes of Punishment, Theories of Criminology Penology Prisons and imprisonment Judicial statistics Criminal policy News media Comparative law

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Rehabilitation or punishment? Psychiatric discourse on juvenile delinquency in Britain, West Germany and Czechoslovakia, 1945-1956 Journal Article
Střelec, Jakub (2025)
In: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés, 29(1), pp. 31-54

Criminal law: juveniles Comparative law Rehabilitation of criminals Punishment, Purposes of Psychology Mental health War Criminology History
Capital punishment in Germany Contribution
Christ, Birte (2024)
In: Fleury-Steiner, Benjamin; Sarat, Austin (Eds.), The Elgar companion to capital punishment and society, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 322-333

Capital punishment Legal history Law reform Punishment, Purposes of
Prisoners in Germany, their work and their remuneration as part of their resocialization Contribution
Dauster, Manfred; Kreutz, Julia Aileen (2024)
In: Kostić, Jelena; Matić Bošković, Marina (Eds.), Penal populism and impact on the work of institutions, Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, pp. 235-260

Prisons and imprisonment Punishment, Purposes of Slavery, forced labor, etc. Legal history Constitutional law Judgments

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Justifying the late punishment of elderly Nazi criminals from the perspective of punishment theory Contribution
Köpcke, Tobias (2024)
In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 103-121

National Socialism Trials: particular Holocaust / Shoah Aged Punishment, Theories of Punishment, Purposes of
Legality, non-arbitraryness and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in the German system Contribution
Haverkamp, Rita; Kaspar, Johannes (2024)
In: Guzman Dalbora, José; Krabbe, Maartje; van Kempen, Piet (Eds.), Legality and other requirements for sentencing: An international and comparative perspective on non-arbitrary punishment and sentencing discretion, Boom Uitgevers, The Hague, pp. 223-246

Sentences Judicial discretion Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Rule of law Punishment, Purposes of Judgments Human rights Judiciary Sanctions, Administrative Prisons and imprisonment Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Prosecutorial discretion
The price of freedom: Criminalization and the management of outsiders in Germany and the United States Book
Soyer, Michaela (2024)
ISBN 9780520394254, University of California Press, Oakland

Minorities Sociology Comparative law Punishment, Purposes of Education Discrimination Emigration and immigration Races Law reform Prisons and imprisonment
The short-term impact of formal controls on subsequent offending and future formal controls in a German and UK City Journal Article
Boers, Klaus; Kaiser, Florian; Schaerff, Marcus; Wikström, Per-Olof H. (2023)
In: Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, pp. 1-22

Criminology Punishment, Purposes of Sanctions, Criminal Criminal law: juveniles Penology

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Differential updating and morality: Is the way offenders learn from police detection associated with their personal morals? Journal Article
Kaiser, Florian; Huss, Björn; Schaerff, Marcus (2023)
In: European Journal of Criminology, 20(3), pp. 1061-1080

Criminology Punishment, Purposes of Law and ethics Empirical research

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Time, civilisation and ultimate penalities Contribution
Morgenstern, Christine (2022)
In: Carr, Nicola; Robinson, Gwen (Eds.), Time and punishment, Springer International Publishing, Cham, (Palgrave studies in prisons and penology, ), pp. 35-60

Sentences Punishment, Purposes of Prisons and imprisonment Criminology Human rights Sanctions, Non-criminal Arrest, detention and bail Comparative law
The implementation of sentences Contribution
Höffler, Katrin; Padfield, Nicola (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. 349-391

Sentences Comparative law Prisons and imprisonment Judicial statistics Punishment, Purposes of Parole and probation Arrest, detention and bail Records Victims
The criminal liability of corrections officers in German prisons: the landmark decision of the Federal Court of Justice from November 28, 2019 (2 StR 557/18) Journal Article
Hartmann, Luisa; Munzert, Johannes (2022)
In: German Law Journal, 23(4), pp. 625-636

Prisons and imprisonment Judgments Negligence, Criminal Punishment, Purposes of Penology

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Cartel behaviour and efficient sanctioning by criminal sentences Journal Article
Wein, Thomas (2021)
In: European Competition Journal, 17(2), pp. 309-352

Antitrust and restraint of competition Sanctions, Criminal Punishment, Purposes of Punishment, Proportionality of Sanctions, Administrative Law and economics
A framework theory of punishment Internet Document
Hörnle, Tatjana (2021)
In: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3783314

Punishment, Theories of Punishment, Purposes of Victims Criminal law: philosophy Criminal law: theory
Striving for consistency: why German sentencing needs reform Journal Article
Herz, Clara (2020)
In: German Law Journal, 21(8), pp. 1625-1648

Sentences Law reform Criminal law Empirical research Judicial discretion Punishment, Purposes of Comparative law

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