NK Neue Kriminalpolitik

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...