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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Digitalization offers numerous opportunities for easier access to justice, but it can also pose new challenges. This applies to both government and non-government victim support services in Germany. Some initial digital solutions for internal...

From spring 2020, the global measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic led to considerable restrictions that affected all areas of life, including, of course, prostitution. In Germany, for example, prostitution businesses were temporarily closed and...

This article introduces the special issue of NK on research into prostitution and human trafficking. It presents a current, large-scale study evaluating the Prostitute Protection Act, which came into effect in 2017. The study's design, subjects of...

In Germany, almost 11 million tons of food are thrown away every year. Dumpster diving discarded food is morally understandable, but involves criminal risks, particularly in the area of property offences. Politicians have been working on reform...

Substantial social crises, such as the climate or corona crisis, have led to the evidence-based design of political decision-making processes moving back onto the interdisciplinary agenda of politics, science and law. The European Commission is also...

Prostitution regulation in Europe is heterogeneous: In Belgium, for example, prostitution is treated the same as other economic sectors (so called model of decriminalization). In Germany, it is legal if special rules are observed (model of...

In 2020 and 2021, the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony (KFN) conducted a study funded by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) to evaluate the criminal law provisions to combat human trafficking (Sections...

Corruption offenses regularly affect the fundamental and human rights of others. In most cases, the preferential treatment of individuals leads to discrimination of third parties. Therefore, it violates the principle of equality. However, also basic...