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  1. Gendered justice and symbolic power: A qualitative analysis of the criminal law assessment practice of human trafficking in German criminal proceedings Journal Article
    Sapelza, Ruth (2025)
    In: AG About Gender - International Journal of Gender Studies, 14(28)
    Offenses against the person Organized crime Criminals Women Sex Criminal law: complicity Gender / Gender identity / Gender studies
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    Open Access     PDF 368.2 KB
  2. 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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  3. Gender disparities in sentencing filicide in the German criminal system Journal Article
    Leuschner, Fredericke (2025)
    In: European Journal of Criminology
    Homicide Parents and children Children / Adolescents Victims Domestic or gender-based violence Sentences Sex Empirical research Criminology Gender / Gender identity / Gender studies
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  4. Why and how sexual freedom changed western criminal law (19th and 20th centuries) Journal Article
    Masferrer, Aniceto (2025)
    In: cliothemis
    Sex Criminal law Legal history Legal good Law and ethics Homosexuality Marriage Right of privacy Criminal policy Criminal act Offenses against the person Offenses against morals
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  5. The abuse of sexual images between liberal criminal law and the protection of sexual autonomy Contribution
    Schmidt, Anja (2024)
    In: Caletti, Gian; Summerer, Kolis (Eds.), Criminalizing intimate image abuse. A comparative perspective, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 103-120
    Offenses against morals Sexual offenses Right of privacy Sexual autonomy Women Feminism Sex Victims
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  6. Exploring gender disparities in the prosecution of theft cases: Propensity score matching on data from German court files Journal Article
    Leuschner, Fredericke (2023)
    In: European Journal of Criminology, 20(1), pp. 292-315
    Criminology Sex Offenses against property Criminal procedure Judicial discretion Prosecutorial discretion Empirical research Sentences Judicial process
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  7. Intimate partner violence in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings of a campus study Contribution
    Haverkamp, Rita; Hohendorf, Ines (2023)
    In: Muñoz Sánchez, Juan (Eds.), Estudios político criminales, jurídicos penales y criminológicos. Libro homenaje al Profesor José Luis Díez Ripollés, Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, (Homenajes y Congresos, ), pp. 1763-1778
    Domestic or gender-based violence Criminology Empirical research Pandemic / Epidemic Gender / Gender identity / Gender studies Sex
  8. Consent in criminal law Contribution
    Gur-Arye, Miriam (2023)
    In: Husa, Jaakko; Smits, Jan; Valcke, Catherine (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of comparative law, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham
    Criminal act Sex Sexual offenses Justification (criminal law) Offenses against the person Suicide Euthanasia
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  9. Negotiating the territories of anti-trafficking efforts. The “unlikely cooperation” between police officers and social workers in Germany Contribution
    Leser, Julia; Dölemeyer, Anne (2022)
    In: Darley, Mathilde (Eds.), Trafficking and sex work. Gender, race and public order, Routledge, London, pp. 68-83
    Police / Policing Offenses against the person Organized crime Sex Dispute resolution Psychology
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  10. The concept of an “act of a sexual nature” in criminal law Journal Article
    Corrêa Camargo, Beatriz; Renzikowski, Joachim (2021)
    In: German Law Journal, 22(5), pp. 753-768
    Sex Sexual autonomy Sexual offenses Justification (criminal law) Criminal intent Defenses (criminal law)
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    Open Access     PDF 178.7 KB
  11. Crime, gender and social control in early modern Frankfurt am Main Book
    Kamp, Jeannette (2020)
    Vol. 3, ISBN 9789004388437, Brill, Leiden
    Women History Crime Gender / Gender identity / Gender studies Sex
  12. Legal prostitution systems in Europe Contribution
    Weitzer, Ronald (2020)
    In: Nelen, Hans; Siegel, Dina (Eds.), Contemporary organized crime. Developments, challenges and responses, Springer, Cham, (Studies Of Organized Crime, ), pp. 47-66
    Sex Sexual offenses Women
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  13. A close look at the German and Australian Anti-FGM framework-concerns. About equal protection and equal application Journal Article
    Braun, Kerstin; Böse, Martin (2020)
    In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Strafrechtsdogmatik, 15(12), pp. 566-583
    Comparative law Statutes Parents and children Medical laws and legislation Health Sex Women Human rights Limitation of actions Criminal policy Equal protection
    Open Access PDF 282.4 KB
  14. Protecting the right to sexual self-determination: Models of regulation and current challenges in European and German sex crime laws Contribution
    Brodowski, Dominik (2017)
    In: Saad-Diniz, Eduardo (Eds.), O lugar da vítima nas ciências criminais, LiberArs, São Paulo, pp. 15-25
    Sex Sexual offenses Criminal act Law reform Council of Europe Treaties
  15. Consensual adult incest. A sex offense Journal Article
    Hörnle, Tatjana (2014)
    In: New Criminal Law Review, 17(1), pp. 76-102
    Offenses against the person Criminal law: theory Sex
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