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The rates of conditional release in Austria, Germany and Switzerland stay behind what seems possible in terms of special and general deterrence. A survey of the available evidence reveals that in all three countries the public prosecutor is key to...

The article addresses the question as to whether the so-called “Last Generation”, a group of climate activists, could be considered a “criminal association” subject to Section 129 of the German Criminal Code, as some law enforcement agencies...

Although the use of the internet for educational purposes is possible in almost every German prison and video-calls have been an integral part of communication with the outside world since the Covid-19 pandemic, a prisoners claim to these services...

On October 1, 2023, as part of a comprehensive revision of the law on sanctions, the new regulations on placement in a detention facility in accordance with § 64 StGB came into force (BGBl. I 2023, 203). This article aims to report on initial...

The debate on the criminalization of abortion has recently intensified in Germany due to political efforts to reform the existing legal framework. The prevailing concept regarding §§ 218 ff. of the German Criminal Code (StGB) is based on the...

On the occasion of the FDP parliamentary group's draft law on the modernization of criminal law, this article deals with the basic problems of decriminalization. To this end, it clarifies the concept and types of decriminalization, discusses the...