RPsych Rechtspsychologie

In this article, the relevant constitutional and specialized court case law is evaluated to determine what indications the case law provides for taking the child's wishes into account. It also examines the question of how to proceed with regard to...

Currently, there is increasing discussion in Germany about the prevalence of anti-Semitic prejudices and the development of the number of registered crimes and incidents of anti-Semitic motivated violence. The police crime statistics indicate an...

In recent years, there has been a notable increase in social conflicts that are accompanied by dissatisfaction with state institutions. When such conflicts turn violent, they pose a direct threat to the political and social system. Based on General...

The following contribution throws a critical light on the practice of credibility analysis in German law from a normative perspective. This is done in two parts, which are intended to lead from the abstract to the concrete and from the critical to...

The work with relatives within forensic clinics is explored as the subject of clinical-forensic social work. For this purpose, considerations are first made on the current level of professionalization of the discipline within the institution, before...

The following article outlines previous attempts to establish forensic social work as an area specialization within clinical social work. For this purpose, central theoretical references, concepts, methods and procedures are named and put into...

Older people in prison do not only face the stress of incarceration, but also numerous age-specific challenges. While the health limitations of this vulnerable group are well documented, little is known about their subjective experiences of their...

The perspective of social work recipients, particularly that of male prison inmates, is empirically underrepresented. The question of how social work support is perceived has not been widely addressed. This study approaches the topic from a...

Since the new regulation of 163 Para 1 FamFG came into force on 10/15/2016, there has been no uniform handling of the – newly – mandatory additional qualifications for social pedagogues and qualified pedagogues, even six years after the reform.

According to its origin, clan crime is a "home-grown" problem, the emergence of which could have been prevented by early and consistent action. In 2017, a change of strategy was initiated in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and concepts...

Although the topic of organized crime (OC) is much discussed in Germany, there is still a lack of empirical evidence on the subject. The present study investigated the propensity to violence of young detainees with links to OC based on their...

Crime by members of so-called Arab family clans is perceived as a rising and serious problem by both the police and the public. The situation reports of state criminal investigation departments (LKA) dealing with the phenomenon support this...