NK Neue Kriminalpolitik

The article reports on a survey of seven social work bachelor degree courses about punitive attitudes among students and presents the results of a follow-up survey compared to the initial survey at the beginning of the course. The surveys were...

This article examines the extent to which the structural situation of rural areas opens up opportunities for right-wing extremist actors. It shows that rural areas that are less socio-economically well-off are particularly attractive for right-wing...

It was not only the labelling of the climate change activists “Last Generation” (LG) as a criminal organisation that laid bare that criminal justice authorities have started to accept their role as participants in a fight for labels and...

Professionalism, binding procedures and the compliance with legal requirements are intended to ensure equal treatment for all, especially in court. However, it is easily overlooked that these institutionalized procedures can structurally...

This article examines the question of whether the management of a correctional facility has the authority to separate a postpartum woman from her newborn child immediately after birth if she is incarcerated. In practice, there have been cases where...

The rapid advancement of AI technologies poses a potential threat to the autonomous existence of humanity, insofar as self-learning AI systems (all-purpose AI) could be far superior to human capabilities in the near future and develop a destructive...

Does criminological research provide connectable scientific (criminological) evidence for daily prison practice? Forensic criminology as a "key science" enables the "key persons" in the prison system to solve practical problems.