Literature on German Criminal Law

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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. Digital evidence and the cooperation of service providers in Germany Contribution
    Brodowski, Dominik (2025)
    In: Franssen, Vanessa; Tosza, Stanislaw (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of digital evidence in criminal investigations, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 289-308
    Criminal procedure Evidence: criminal law Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence Witnesses Internet World Wide Web (information retrieval system) Computers Computer software Communications and mass media Search and seizure Social media Civil rights International judicial assistance
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  4. Comparative norm design: The U.S. rules model and the German standards model in criminal justice and beyond Journal Article
    Bender, Philip Maximilian (2024)
    In: UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 27(2)
    Comparative law Law, Methodology of Judges Criminal procedure Evidence: criminal law Witnesses Sentences Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Common law Adversarial system Inquisitorial system
  5. Atrocity then, trial now: The aesthetics, acoustics, and visualities of prosecuting Oskar Gröning Contribution
    Fournet, Caroline; Drumbl, Mark (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 153-171
    National Socialism Concentration camps Holocaust / Shoah Witnesses Aged Criminal procedure Trials: particular
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  6. From the ‘Poison Cabinet’ to the forefront of national identity: (West) Germany’s engagement with Nazi mass crimes and the Holocaust since 1945 Contribution
    Köhler, Thomas (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 7-22
    National Socialism Trials: particular Criminal law: complicity Witnesses Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism History
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  7. The rights of (minor) victims of sexual violence in German criminal procedure Contribution
    Rostalski, Frauke (2023)
    In: Scicluna, Charles; Wijlens, Myriam (Eds.), Rights of alleged victims in penal proceedings, Nomos, Baden-Baden, pp. 243-260
    Sexual offenses Victims Children / Adolescents Criminal procedure Law reform Civil suit (criminal procedure) Private prosecution Criminal procedure: appeal Witnesses Limitation of actions
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  8. Miscarriages of justice in Germany Contribution
    Leuschner, Fredericke; Rettenberger, Martin (2023)
    In: Robins, Jon (Eds.), Murder, wrongful conviction and the law. An international comparative analysis, Routledge, London, (Routledge contemporary issues in criminal justice and procedure, ), pp. 37-52
    Offenses against the administration of justice Criminal procedure Restitution and unjust enrichment Excuse (criminal law) Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence Evidence: criminal law Admissions and confessions Witnesses
  9. Same ends, different means: Truth and fairness in criminal procedure of the United States and Germany Unpublished Work
    Bender, Philip Maximilian (2022)

    Criminal procedure Comparative law Legal history Juries and lay judges Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Evidence: criminal law Witnesses Adversarial system Common law Inquisitorial system
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    Open Access
  10. Cultural and religious diversity and German criminal law Contribution
    Tellenbach, Silvia (2022)
    In: Bashīrīyeh, Bozorgmehr (Eds.), Be yād-e Manṣūr – Bozorgdāshtnāme-ye duktur Manṣūr Raḥmdel, ostād-e faqīd-e ʻolūm-e ǧenāi-ye Īrān, , Teheran, pp. 571-599
    Religion Minorities Criminal law Judgments Emigration and immigration Homicide Domestic or gender-based violence Offenses against the person Parents and children Witnesses Evidence: criminal law
  11. 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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  12. Better to explain or to testify? The position of the accused as a source of oral evidence in a criminal trial in a comparative perspective Journal Article
    Kuczyńska, Hanna (2021)
    In: Comparative Law Review, pp. 47-77
    Witnesses Evidence: criminal law Criminal procedure Comparative law Common law Civil law Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure)
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  13. Ethical decisions between the conflicting priorities of legality and group loyalty: scrutinizing the “Code of Silence” among volunteer firefighters with a vignette-based factorial survey Journal Article
    Kleinewiese, Julia; Graeff, Peter (2021)
    In: Deviant Behavior, 42(10), pp. 1228-1241
    Empirical research Psychology Crime Witnesses Professions Associations and societies
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  14. Prosecutors and Trials Contribution
    Heinze, Alexander (2021)
    In: Gold, Russell; Levine, Kay; Wright, Ronald (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of prosecutors and prosecution, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 116-152
    Comparative law Adversarial system Inquisitorial system Prosecuting and public attorney Trial practice Evidence: criminal law Juries and lay judges Witnesses Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining
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  15. The protection of victims of crime beyond the domain of criminal procedure. Key findings from an explorative study in Germany Contribution
    Kilchling, Michael (2021)
    In: Firstová, Jana (Eds.), Zločin a trest v 21. století. Aktuální témata trestní politiky a trestního práva. Pocta Heleně Válkové, IFBM, Praha, pp. 147-161
    Victims Criminology Witnesses Restorative justice Civil procedure