Research projects, Department of Criminology

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Criminology, Independent Research Group Space, Contexts, and Crime, Ongoing

Project Lead: Dietrich Oberwittler

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Ongoing

Implementation and Consequences of Legalizing Marijuana in Uruguay

Project Lead: Pablo Galain Palermo, Hans-Jörg Albrecht

Criminology, Ongoing

Gefährdete Unternehmensgeheimnisse

Project Lead: Susanne Knickmeier

Project description only available in German. More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Ongoing

Die Sanktionspraxis in der BRD

Project Lead: Volker Grundies

Project description only available in German. More

Die Sanktionspraxis in der BRD © Volker Grundies

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Ongoing

Project Lead: Gunda Wössner

This project evaluates the treatment of sexual offenders in Saxony’s social therapeutic institutions through an analysis of the causes and rates of criminal relapse … More

Criminology, Ongoing

The Criminalization of Copyright Law: A Comparative Analysis of Germany and the United States

Project Lead: Esther Tabitha Earbin

This doctoral project explores relationships, interests and legitimacy in the culture of criminal lawmaking. The thesis holds that criminal copyright law in the United … More

Criminology, Research project, Institute project, Ongoing

Freiburg Cohort Study

Project Lead: Dr. Volker Grundies

The aim of this study is to investigate, via official data, the emergence and evolution of crime, judicial reactions towards crime, and criminal careers. … More

Criminology, Ongoing

FutureU

Project Lead: Jean-Louis van Gelder

The goal of the FutureU research program is to develop an intervention that will increase future-orientation by connecting delinquents to their future self. The … More

Criminology, Ongoing

Virtual Burglary Project

Project Lead: Jean-Louis van Gelder, Dr. Gunda Woessner Dipl.-Psych., Dominik Gerstner M.A. (Sociology)

The Virtual Burglary Project uses virtual reality (VR) versions of residential neighborhoods to study the behavior of burglars. Convicted burglars are invited to explore … More

Criminology, Ongoing

The 360º Virtual Scenario Method

Project Lead: Jean-Louis van Gelder, Sheina Herman, Tim Barnum

The 360º Virtual Scenario research program aims to remedy some of the defects of the traditional scenario (or “vignette”) method by employing immersive 360º … More

Criminology, Dissertation, Ongoing

Short-Term Mindsets and Crime

Project Lead: Jean-Louis van Gelder, Jessica Deitzer, Sebastian Kübel, Willem Frankenhuis

Why are some people more likely to commit crime than others? Answers to this question can be grouped according to two competing approaches. On … More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Ongoing

Criminal Sanction and Recidivism

Project Lead: Dr. Carina Tetal, Volker Grundies

The aim of this longitudinal study is to analyze the criminal behavior of convicted individuals. Reconviction by type of offense, sanction, and socio-demographic characteristics … More

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