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Independent Research Groups

Personality, Identity, and Crime
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Space, Contexts, and Crime
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Criminal Law Theory
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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

Max Planck Law Annual Conference 2023
The Max Planck Law Annual Conference 2023 (Oct. 30–Nov. 1) seeks to address law and its complex relation to crisis.
Deadline: June 30, 2023

News & Bulletins

An event in cooperation with Max Planck Law | Date: June 26–27, 2023 | Venue: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg ...

Guest lecture by Prof. Michael Tonry (External Scientific Member of the Max Planck So­ci­ety) | Date, time: Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 5–7 p.m. | Venue ...

On 24–25 April 2023, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (MPI-CSL) welcomed 80 ...

Daniel S. Nagin, Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg, Germany, has been appointed to ...

Events

Ein neuer Trend: Von der rechtlichen zur politischen Verfassung

Jun 6, 2023 06:15 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
University of Freiburg, Room: Lecture room 1098, University building I

Challenges of Rape Law Reform

Jun 9, 2023 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) - Jun 10, 2023 01:00 PM
Freiburg, Fürstenbergstr. 19, Room: Seminar room (F 113)

Democracy and Counter-Extremism

Jun 26, 2023 - Jun 27, 2023
Freiburg, Günterstalstr. 73

Relational Morality and the Criminal Law

Jul 6, 2023 - Jul 8, 2023
Freiburg, Fürstenbergstr. 19, Room: Seminar room (F 113)

The Nature and Value of the Rule of Law

Jul 19, 2023 06:15 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
University of Freiburg, Room: Lecture room 1010, University building I | Guests are welcome!

Recent Publications

Journal Article
Coppola, F. (2023). Gender identity in the era of mass incarceration: The cruel and unusual segregation of trans people in the United States. International Journal of Constitutional Law, moad046. doi:10.1093/icon/moad046
Journal Article
Stephenson, R., & Rinceanu, J. (2023). Digital Iatrogenesis: Towards an Integrative Model of Internet Regulation. Eucrim - the European Criminal Law Associations' Forum. doi:10.30709/eucrim-2023-007
Journal Article
Thönnes, C. (2023). Fluggastdatenspeicherung: Die Zukunft von Vorratsdatenspeicherung und automatisierter Verdachtsgenerierung. Die Verwaltung, 55(4), 527–559. doi:10.3790/verw.55.4.527
Contribution to a Collected edition
Kilchling, M. (2023). Die Entwicklung der Restorative Justice aus der internationalen Perspektive. In T. Bartsch, E. Hoven, B. Limperg, B. Maelicke, & T. Merckle (Eds.), Resozialisierung, Opferschutz, Restorative Justice: Grundlagen und Rahmenbedingungen (pp. 101–122). Baden-Baden: Nomos. doi:10.5771/9783748934240-101
Journal Article
Feraco, T., Casali, N., & Meneghetti, C. (2023). Adaptability and Grit: Foundations for Their Joint Contribution to Students' Academic and Nonacademic Outcomes. Mind, Brain, and Education. doi:10.1111/mbe.12367
Contribution to a Collected edition
Poscher, R. (2023). The Hermeneutics of Legal Precedent. In T. Endicott, ‎H. D. Kristjánsson, & S. Lewis (Eds.), Philosophical Foundations of Precedent (pp. 143–157). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780192857248.003.0012
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