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16 September 2021, Events
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Geert Keil (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) | Date, time: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, 6:15 p.m. | Venue: Lecture room 1010, University building 1, Platz der Universität 3, 79098 Freiburg – in cooperation with the Department of Political Science and Philosophy of Law at the University of Freiburg –
14 September 2021, In the press
Why do people commit crime? What role do individual predispositions and environmental factors play? How safe do we feel? How can criminal policy meet the needs of modern society and avert threats to public safety?
27 August 2021, Research news
To what extent are security agencies accessing our communications and other data? In this video, Ralf Poscher proposes and explains a mechanism by which we can answer this question.
16 August 2021, In the press
A 41-year-old man is currently on trial for murder at Ingolstadt Regional Court. He is accused of killing his female partner by stabbing her several times. According to criminal psychologist and senior researcher Gunda Wössner, outdated patriarchal gender stereotypes play a key role in female homicide. Many perpetrators have a tendency to become deeply offended and extremely jealous; their self-w…
11 August 2021, Research news
The Max Planck Institutes for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg, and the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn proudly announce that, under the auspices of Max Planck Law, Professor Dan Nagin has been appointed as Fellow. Professor Nagin is one of the most visible criminologists, with a keen interest in rational choice and behavioral approaches to the unders…
9 August 2021, In the press
Recently, two brothers from Afghanistan allegedly killed their sister in Berlin. The motive is said to have been an offended sense of honor. Lawyer Clara Rigoni, who researches honor-based violence at the Max Planck Institute, does not see religion as the sole cause for such murders. A central theme is the desire of the perpetrators to control the woman and her sexuality and it is the feeling of …
16 July 2021, Publications
eucrim is an online journal that offers a Europe-wide platform for European criminal law and invites both practitioners and academics to engage in discussion.
7 July 2021, Research news
What influence do emotions have on our decisions? Are we more likely to commit an aggressive act when we are angry? What motivates us to intervene when we witness someone being victimized? A team of researchers led by Freiburg criminologist Jean-Louis van Gelder is investigating these and other questions.
2 July 2021, People in the news
Willem Frankenhuis is the 2021 recipient of the Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution from the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES). The Early Career Award recognizes excellent young scientists who have made distinguished theoretical and/or empirical contributions to the study of evolution and human behavior. Frankenhuis’ achievements were honored during the closing …
25 June 2021, Research news
Each year, the Max Planck Society presents a scientific report on its research activities in the form of a yearbook ‒ as an account to the public and its funding providers. Fifteen contributions that are particularly relevant and interesting to the general public have been chosen as research highlights. One particular research focus has been on the theory and practice of COVID-19 control and prev…
23 June 2021, People in the news
Daniel Burke, a doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal for his research on antitrust leniency policies in German criminal law. The prize is awarded for his doctoral dissertation “Der Schutz kartellrechtlicher Kronzeugen vor strafrechtlicher Sanktion – Eine Untersuchung zu Notwendigkeit und Gestaltung…
21 June 2021, In the press
Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, has passed the “Gesetz zur Anpassung des Verfassungsschutzrechts” (law amending the Act on the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution). According to this amendment, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Federal Police are allowed to make use of so-called source telecommunication surveillance. This basically…
15 June 2021, Events
Guest lecture by Prof. Michael T. Light (University of Wisconsin-Madison) | Date, time: June 30, 2021, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Venue: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, via Zoom | Guests are welcome!
10 June 2021, Events
Guest lecture by Prof. Daniel Nettle (Professor of Behavioural Science at Newcastle University) | Date, time: June 14, 2021, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Venue: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, via Zoom | Guests are welcome!
7 June 2021, Research news
Juvenile delinquency has steadily declined over the past two decades, and the fact that young people have changed their activity habits is the main reason the decrease has occurred, shows a unique study by researchers at Malmö University and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.
2 June 2021, Publications
eucrim is an online journal that offers a Europe-wide platform for European criminal law and invites both practitioners and academics to engage in discussion.
27 May 2021, In the press
Ever since the German Federal Constitutional Court made clear in 2010 that there must be limits to surveillance – including government surveillance –, the scientific community has been faced with a difficult task: How can surveillance be measured, and can it be measured quantitatively? Ralf Poscher, director at the Max Planck Institute, is spearheading a research project that aims to an…
25 May 2021, Events
In a hearing held on 18 May 2021, Ralf Poscher commented on the planned amendment of the Law on Police Duties in Bavaria. The law had already been reformed in 2018. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN) in Bavaria filed constitutional complaints against it. The revised version of the law is now expected to be passed in July.