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Criminology
Research program
Public Law
Research program
Criminal Law
Projects

Independent Research Groups

Personality, Identity, and Crime
Max Planck Research Group
Space, Contexts, and Crime
Max Planck Research Group
Criminal Law Theory
Max Planck Research Group

Meet the Researchers


Episode 8: James M. An­go­ve, Senior Re­searcher, Department of Public Law

Episode 8: James M. An­go­ve, Senior Re­searcher, Department of Public Law

“When political violence happens, it is tempting to point a finger at those who committed the violence or those who en­couraged them. But, on inspection, modern political violence doesn’t always meet these expectations. Re­mem­ber the ‘Storm’ on the US Capitol build­ing in 2021, which was plausibly encouraged by a powerful political figure.
This indirect enabling of political vio­lence has become known as ‘stochastic terrorism’. We don’t have many philo­soph­i­cal or legal anal­yses of stochastic terrorism yet, and my re­search here at the Institute aims to address this gap.”
Episode 7: Federica Cop­pola, Senior Researcher, De­part­ment of Criminal Law

Episode 7: Federica Cop­pola, Senior Researcher, De­part­ment of Criminal Law

“One of the most pressing issues in cur­rent de­bates on criminal justice con­cerns the short­com­ings of imprison­ment. Prison environ­ments can have traumatizing effects on con­fined people. Long prison sentences have no positive impact on relapses on criminal be­hav­ior. Such drawbacks clearly reflect an insti­tu­tional and societal failure to fulfill the individual justice and public safety goals of legal punish­ment.”
Episode 6: Sebastian Kübel, Doctoral Researcher, Department of Criminology

Episode 6: Sebastian Kübel, Doctoral Researcher, Department of Criminology

“How do you view your fu­ture? Although I hope you have optimistic expectations, I am con­vinced that one’s view of the future depends very much on past expe­ri­ence. In my research, I consider how future prospects might sud­denly change after being violently victimized.”
Episode 5: Clara Rigoni, Senior Researcher, De­part­ment of Criminal Law

Episode 5: Clara Rigoni, Senior Researcher, De­part­ment of Criminal Law

“We probably all agree that plurality is a major characteristic of today´s socie­ties. But what role does plurality play in criminal law? And, in particular, how can we guarantee effective crime control in socie­ties that are so diverse?”
Episode 4: Ivó Coca-Vila, Senior Researcher, De­part­ment of Criminal Law

Episode 4: Ivó Coca-Vila, Senior Researcher, De­part­ment of Criminal Law

“What types of behavior should be criminalized in western democratic states?”
Episode 3: Sofiya Kartalova, Postdoc, Department of Public Law

Episode 3: Sofiya Kartalova, Postdoc, Department of Public Law

“What is the mysterious adhesive that helps the Member States of the European Union stick together?”
Episode 2: Dominik Gerstner, Postdoc, De­part­ment of Criminology

Episode 2: Dominik Gerstner, Postdoc, De­part­ment of Criminology

“How can virtual reality experiments help us to better understand the behavior of burglars?”
Episode 1: The Directors

Episode 1: The Directors

Video series introduces the MPI for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

Call for Papers

ECLAN Graduate Conference 2023
The topic of this year’s conference (Nov. 30–Dec. 1) is The Future of European Criminal Law.
Deadline: September 15, 2023
White Collar Crime – Challenges and Solutions
Online Conference organized by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Dec. 12)
Deadline: October 9, 2023

News & Bulletins

Max Planck researcher Isabel Thielmann from Freiburg is the recipient of the William Stern Award. The prize is awarded to outstanding young ...

Award for Sophie-Marie Humbert

September 12, 2023

Sophie-Marie Humbert, former doctoral student in the Department of Criminal Law, received an award for the best doctoral thesis in the field of ...

Max Planck researcher Federica Coppola has accepted an appointment to teach law at IE Law School in Madrid. Starting in September, she will teach ...

eucrim is an online journal that offers a Europe-wide platform for European “crimistrative” law and invites both practitioners and academics to engage ...

Events

The Limits of Culpability: Why the Criminal Justice System Needs a Complementary Foundation in Fair Forfeiture

Oct 17, 2023 06:15 PM - 08:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Freiburg/Germany, Fürstenbergstr. 19, Room: Seminar room (F 113) | Guests are welcome; please register

Reasonable Punishment? – The Influence of German Idealism on the Theory of Punishment

Oct 26, 2023 - Oct 28, 2023
Freiburg/Germany, Fürstenbergstr. 19, Room: Seminar room (F 113)

Criminal Law and Social Change

Oct 31, 2023 - Nov 2, 2023
Tel Aviv University/Israel

Theorizing Criminal Law

Dec 3, 2023 - Dec 4, 2023
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Unreliable Human Mind: False Memories and Biased Judgments in the Context of Legal Decision Making

Jan 24, 2024 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Freiburg/Germany, Fürstenbergstr. 19, Room: Seminar room (F 113) | Guests are welcome; please register

Recent Publications

Journal Article
Pellegrino, G., Casali, N., Meneghetti, C., Tinti, C., Re, A. M., Sini, B., … Carretti, B. (2023). Universal and Specific Services for University Students with Specific Learning Disabilities: The Relation to Study Approach, Academic Achievement, and Satisfaction. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice. doi:10.1111/ldrp.12323
Journal Article
Smillie, L. D., & Thielmann, I. (2023). Defining and describing morality: The view from personality psychology. Psychological Inquiry, 34(2), 102–105. doi:10.1080/1047840X.2023.2248852
Contribution to a Commentary
Payer, A. (2023). Kommentierung zu Art. 32 IRSG. In L. Staffler & M. Ludwiczak Glassey (Eds.), Onlinekommentar zum Bundesgesetz über internationale Rechtshilfe in Strafsachen – Version: 08.09.2023. doi:10.17176/20230908-111231-0
Journal Article
Alper, S., Yelbuz, B. E., & Konukoglu, K. (2023). Perceived expert and laypeople consensus predict belief in local conspiracy theories in a non-WEIRD culture: Evidence from Turkey. Judgment and Decision Making, 18, e35. doi:10.1017/jdm.2023.33
Journal Article
Fish, E. (2023). Why it is not unreasonable to fear terrorism. Journal of Applied Philosophy. doi:10.1111/japp.12689
Journal Article
Kilrea, K. A., Taylor, S., Bilodeau, C., Wittmann, M., Linares Gutiérrez, D., & Kübel, S. (2023). Measuring an Ongoing State of Wakefulness: The Development and Validation of the Inventory of Secular/Spiritual Wakefulness (WAKE). Journal of Humanistic Psychology. doi:10.1177/00221678231185891
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