NK Neue Kriminalpolitik

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...