IV. Focal Point: Crime, Social Context, and Social Change
The research projects in this section are dedicated to examining and explaining various criminal phenomena [more]
Current Projects:
| Researcher | |
|---|---|
| Police and Adolescents in Multi-Ethnic Societies (POLIS) | Hans-Jörg Albrecht, Dietrich Oberwittler Sebastian Roché (UPMF) |
| Freiburg Cohort Study | Volker Grundies |
| Criminal Law as a Means of Regulation: The Interplay between Economic, Legal and Political Rationalities in the Prohibition of Insider Trading and its Enforcement | Csaba Györy |
| Crime and the Elderly | Franziska Kunz |
| Familial Homicide-Suicide in European Countries | Dietrich Oberwittler, Felipe Montiel |
| Honour Killings in Germany, 1996–2005 | Dietrich Oberwittler, Julia Kasselt |
| The Prosecution of Doping in Spain and Germany – Formal Controls vs. Self Regulation | Moritz Tauschwitz |
Completed Projects:
| Researcher | |
|---|---|
| The Social Construction and Prosecution of Hate Crime in Germany | Alke Glet |
| Patterns of Offending Behaviour | Carina Tetal |
| Explanation and Development of Juvenile Crime | Researcher |
| Hate Crimes — The Impact of Imprisonment on Violent Juvenile Offenders | Hans-Jörg Albrecht |
| Sub-project: Right-Wing Extremism and the Juvenile Penal System — The Impact of Imprisonment on Right-Wing Extremist Attitudes of Violent Juvenile Offenders | Figen Özsöz |
| Sub-project: Hate Crime — Prison Experience and its Impact on Self Concept and Identity of Juvenile Xenophobic Violent Criminals | Martin Brandenstein |
| Beyond Self-Control: Analysis and Critique of Gottfredson & Hirschi's General Theory of Crime Publication | Stefan Schulz |