Neue Kriminalpolitik brings together all disciplines in criminal law – it is the forum for criminal science, law and practice. The journal sees its priority in setting new standards and in providing a forum for interdisciplinary discussions which, including the knowledge from different countries, pursue the following targets: rational approach towards crime, the protection of the fundamental rights, the priority of social self-regulation and conflict solving while reducing state involvement. The journal addresses criminologists, sociologists, lawyers, teachers, forensic psychiatrists and psychologists working in various kinds of fields such as politics and science. Website: www.nk.nomos.de
Because of an increase of crimes reported in the German police crime statistics (PCS) questions of internal security and the increase of crimes from foreigners are discussed. For an appropriate evaluation of the security situation attention should...
Recently, criminal law scholars have demanded an increase of punishment for grave sexual offences. The assumption that current sentences are too low for such offences is (inter alia) based on the results of public surveys concerning sentencing...
Calls for a stronger alignment of survey data on public attitudes and criminal sentencing are currently debated in both public and academic fora. At times, this is framed as “democratizing criminal law”. While its potential to gain traction in...
No area of criminal law is currently more dynamic than sexual criminal law. The latest debate has been triggered by arguments which, with reference to observations on sentencing practice, have called for harsher punishment in the area of serious...
From crime prevention and repression to restoring the relationship of trust between the police and the public - the expectations of police use of bodycams are diverse and vary greatly depending on the country. In the USA, for example, bodycams were...