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
To ensure that access to justice does not remain an empty promise, a multidimensional understanding is required that places prisoners and their human rights at the centre. In this article, four dimensions are proposed that can serve as orientation...
The article shows shortcomings in the implementation of prisoners’ rights in Germany. Some of them are already laid out by the procedural law as regulated in the Federal Prison Act. When focusing on the law in action instead of simply the law in...
The article discusses the specific nature of criminal defense in the execution of therapeutic measures, namely Art. 59 of the Swiss Criminal Code (SCC). It argues, that there has been a general shift in criminal defense towards risk management,...
Normatively speaking, access to justice for prisoners is a test case for the universality of human rights, yet empirically this access is often precarious. Using legal mobilisation on prison conditions and attempts at trade union organisation in...
This paper draws on the “democratic thesis” recently highlighted in access to justice research, which argues that meaningful participation in society and its institutions is essential for true access to justice. It explores barriers that extend...
The present article provides a comprehensive overview of different scientific and practical perspectives on the phenomenon of false reports in the context of sexual offenses. The aim is to provide a basis for discussion to rationalize the sometimes...