July 6, 2020, Publications
Issue 1/2020 of the online journal eucrim now available
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.
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June 30, 2020, In the press
“One has to Fight for a Liberal Police Culture”
June 29, 2020, Research news
“Sexual Offences Against Children Occur in Varying Degrees of Severity”
If serious serial crimes involving child sexual abuse and the distribution of child pornographic images are detected, as was recently the case in Münster and Lügde, demands for a tightening of criminal law quickly follow. However, there is a discrepancy between public expectations and the scope for national legal policy, writes Tatjana Hörnle, director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study ...
June 24, 2020, In the press
“Confronting Shameful Legacy Is Essential Part of Police Training”
Ralf Poscher, director of the Department of Public Law, told the New York Times that, after the Second World War, the Allies wanted to demilitarize and civilize police matters in Germany. More than seven decades later, that early ambition of demilitarization has morphed into a broad-based strategy of de-escalation that has become the bedrock of modern German policing.
June 19, 2020, Events
City’s Correctional Facilities also Involved in Freiburg’s 2020 Jubilee
„Strafraum“ or “Penalty Area” – this is the name of a project by the Freiburg Bürgerstiftung (citizens’ foundation) that will form part of the city’s 900-year jubilee. The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law will assist as a cooperation partner. The aim of the project is to make Freiburg’s correctional facilities more visible to the general public and to stimulate disc...
June 18, 2020, People in the news
Otto Hahn Medal awarded to Filip Vojta
Filip Vojta was distinguished with the Max Planck Society’s Otto Hahn Medal on June 17, 2020. The jurist and criminologist received the award for his dissertation “Punishment and Sentence Enforcement for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Former Yugoslavia.” The dissertation focused on a comprehensive qualitative exploration of the system for enforcement of th...
June 16, 2020, Research news
Ministry of Justice Published Draft to Strengthen Integrity in the Economy
The Federal Ministry of Justice has released draft legislation to strengthen corporate integrity. At the behest of the Ministry, Cornelia Spörl, a PostDoc at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, has written an opinion piece on the draft. While she proposes a number of suggested alterations, Spörl is keen to advocate the draft legislation. Indeed, according to Spör...
June 15, 2020, Research news
Yearbook Highlights of the Max Planck Society
Every year, the Max Planck Society presents a scientific activity report in the form of the Yearbook as an account to the public and its funding agencies. The focus is on the questions: Where do we stand and where do we want to go? 15 articles that are particularly suitable and interesting for a non-specialist audience make it into the Highlights issue. This year, a contribution from Freiburg i...
May 28, 2020, Research news
Quarantine without Protection
As would-be criminals heed stay-at-home orders, major cities across the globe have reported a significant drop in both property and violent crimes. The numbers of burglary, assault, murder, robbery, and grand larceny cases have dropped following the outbreak of the pandemic. This is due to the lack of opportunities, and the recognition that life is worth staying away from the public for. But fo...
May 22, 2020, Publications
Criminal Prohibition of Money Laundering as a Firewall to Protect Legitimate Businesses
What currently makes the authorities fail in their efforts to take down professional money launderers and complex money laundering schemes? Benjamin Vogel, head of the project “Ilicit financial flows,” calls for rethinking the prevailing criminal law approach.
May 19, 2020, In the press
“Spitting with Intent to Kill”
Killing has rarely been easier than it is today. Droplets from speech, coughing, and spitting, all of which can be fatal. In a guest article in Legal Tribune Online (LTO), postdoc Cornelia Spörl explains when there is a conditional intent to kill - and when an infection means murder or manslaughter.
April 24, 2020, Research news
Economic and Industrial Espionage
What distinguishes economic espionage from industrial espionage? What practical problems do affected companies face when they want to report actual or suspected espionage? These are just some of the questions raised by senior researcher Dr. Michael Kilchling in his article “Wirtschaftsspionage und Konkurrenzausspähung – Herausforderungen für Staat und Wirtschaft" [Economic and Industrial Espion...
April 6, 2020, Events
Coherently Idiosyncratic Sanction Risk Perceptions and Deterrence – Lecture CANCELLED
Lecturer: Prof. Dan Nagin Ph.D. (Teresa and H. John Heinz III University Professor of Public Policy and Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University) | Date, time: May 6, 2020, 6:15 – 8 p.m. | Title: "Coherently Idiosyncratic Sanction Risk Perceptions and Deterrence" | Lecture followed by light refreshments | Venue: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Fürste...
April 6, 2020, In the press
Dilemmas in the Allocation of Ventilators
What can be done when several people are at risk of dying and rescuers have to choose between options that do not save everyone? In moral philosophy, criminal law theory, and constitutional theory, such cases have mostly been discussed theoretically so far. However, given the prevalence of Covid-19 and a lack of ventilators, real cases could soon be the order of the day. A critical contribution...
March 31, 2020, In the press
The restrictions on movement in Germany may lead to more cases of domestic violence
Cases of domestic violence could increase during the Corona crisis. The crisis could also have the effect, however, that women who suffer from domestic violence may now be more willing to get out of such relationships and seek help, says Hans-Jörg Albrecht, criminologist and retired director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, in an interview with Badische Zeit...
March 30, 2020, In the press
New Faces, new Topics
The Badische Zeitung reports on new faces, contemporary research projects, and practical challenges at the newly-reorganized Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.
March 23, 2020, In the press
Corona Pandemic – Growing Interest in Location Data
In the wake of the Corona pandemic, interest in location data for the purpose of tracking the movement of infected persons is growing in Germany and elsewhere. Possible scenarios include the development of an app – currently in progress at the Robert Koch Institute, according to media reports – and access to the data of large operating system providers, as is currently planned in the USA. Along...
March 16, 2020, In the press
Coronavirus – No Right to Compensation from the State?