Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law

Main Research:

Prof. Albrecht's research interests cover various legal, criminological and policy topics ranging from sentencing theory, juvenile crime, drug policies, environmental crime and organized crime, evaluation research and systems of criminal sanctions. He has published, co-published and edited various books, among them volumes on sentencing, day-fine systems, recidivism, child abuse and neglect, drug policies, research on victimisation, etc.

Academic Background:

Prof. Albrecht currently is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg/Germany (MPI) since March 1997. He teaches criminal law, criminal justice and criminology at the University of Freiburg. Prof. Albrecht was born in Esslingen/Germany in 1950. He studied law at the universities of Tübingen and Freiburg. At the Freiburg university he completed the Ph.D. in 1979 and obtained in 1991 the venia legendi for criminal law, juvenile criminal law, criminology, and prison law. From 1977 until 1991 Prof. Albrecht was a researcher fellow at the MPI. 1991 he accepted an offer to lecture criminal law and criminology at the Law Faculty of the University of Konstanz. In 1993 he was offered the chair for criminal law, juvenile criminal law and criminology at the University of Dresden where he stayed until 1997. In 1996 he was elected as a director of the MPI. In April 2000, Prof. Albrecht was given the status of a guest professor at the Center for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice of the China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing/PR China, in April 2001 the status of a guest professor at the Law Faculty of Hainan University/PR China and in January 2004 the status of a guest professor at the Law Faculty of Renmin University of China/PR China. In May 2003 the Life Membership at Clare Hall College, University Cambridge/UK, and in May 2004 the University of Teheran professorship and permanent faculty membership of the Faculty of Law of Qom High Education Center, Teheran/Iran, were conferred to Prof. Albrecht. In March 2005, the Law Faculty of the University of Pécs/Hungary awarded him the honorary doctorate. For several years now Prof. Albrecht has also been a guest professor at a number of universities in China – from May 2005 at the Law Faculty of Wuhan University, from May 2006 at the Law Faculty of Beijing Normal University and from May 2008 at the China University for Political Science and Law.
Prof. Albrecht is one of the principal investigators and spokesperson of the International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment (REMEP).

Publications (selection):

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• Albrecht, Hans-Jörg / Getoš, Anna-Maria: Researching Terrorism and Organized Crime in Southeast Europe. In: Benedek, W. / Daase, Ch. / Dimitrijević, V. / van Duyne, P. (ed(s).): Transnational Terrorism, Organized Crime and Peace-Building. Human Security in the Western Balkans. Houndmills, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, p. 117 - 148.
• Albrecht, Hans-Jörg: Drug Policies in Europe. In: Groenhuijsen, M. / Kooijmans, T. / de Roos, Th. (ed(s).): Fervet Opus. Liber Amicorum Anton van Kalmthout. Apeldoorn et al., Maklu, 2010, p. 11 - 21.
• Albrecht, Hans-Jörg: Strassenverkehr, schwere Verkehrsunfälle und (strafrechtliche) Sanktionen. Ein internationaler Vergleich. In: Galanou, M. (ed(s).): Essays in Honour of Professor C. D. Spinellis. Interdisciplinary Criminological Pathways. Athen-Komotini, Verlag Sakkoulas, 2010, p. 471 - 493.
• Albrecht, Hans-Jörg: Race, Crime and Criminal Justice in Germany. In: Kalunta-Crumpton, A. (ed(s).): Race, Crime and Criminal Justice. International Perspectives. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, p. 72 - 97.
• Albrecht, Hans-Jörg: Actualité de la question de l’irresponsabilité pénale au regard du droit allemand. In: Institut Catholique d’Études Supérieures (ed(s).): L’irresponsabilité pénale. Regards croisés. Droit – Santé – Culture. Actes du colloque organisé les 16 & 17 février 2008 par le Centre de Recherches Hannah Arendt. Paris, Éditions Cujas, 2009, p. 13 - 23.
• Albrecht, Hans-Jörg / Kilchling, Michael: Victims of Terrorism Policies – Should Victims of Terrorism be Treated Differently? In: Wade, M. / Maljević, A. (ed(s).): A War on Terror? The European Stance on a New Threat, Changing Laws and Human Rights Implications. Dordrecht [et al.], Springer, 2009, p. 221 - 241.
• Albrecht, Hans-Jörg / Sieber, Ulrich / Simon, Jan-Simon / Schwarz, Felix (eds.): Criminalidad, evolución del Derecho penal y crítica al Derecho penal en la actualidad. Die Gegenwart der Kriminalität, der Strafrechtsentwicklung und Strafrechtskritik. Buenos Aires, Editores del Puerto, 464 p., 2009.
  
  • Author: Albrecht, Hans-Jörg: Delincuencia internacional, economía de la violencia y crímenes contra los derechos humanos, p. 375 - 393.
  • Author together with Sieber, U., Simon, J.-M.: Prólogo, p. VII - IX.
• Albrecht, Hans-Jörg: Criminalization and Victimization of Immigrants in Germany. In: Palidda, Salvatore (ed(s).): Criminalisation and Victimization of Migrants in Europe. Milano, Agenzia X, 2009, p. 118 - 138.
• Albrecht, Hans-Jörg: Criminalizzazione e vittimizzazione degli immigrati in Germania. In: Palidda, Salvatore (ed(s).): Razzismo democratico – la persecuzione degli stranieri in Europa. Milano, Agenzia X, 2009, p. 112 - 128.
• Ганс- Йорг Альбрехт / Елико Циклаури-Ламмих: Криминологические исследования во Фреибургском Институте зарубежного и международного уголовного права им. Макса Планка. Москва 2009 стр. 51-90 в зб. Современные проблемы теории практики борьбы с преступностью. Издательство. Института государства и права. РАН. [In Russian language]
  [Albrecht, Hans-Jörg / Ciklauri-Lammich, Eliko: Kriminologische Forschungen am Freiburger Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht. In: Russische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institut für Staat und Recht (ed.): Gegenwärtige Probleme der Theorie und Praxis der Kriminalitätsbekämpfung, in-house publication, Moskau 2009, p. 51 – 90].

 

Further information:

• Capital Punishment Reforms
  MaxPlanckResearch, 4/2008, p. 39-42

• research in brief - forschung aktuell (selection)

  The following table contains a selection of publications from the Max Planck Institute's publication series research in brief - forschung aktuell, co-edited by Prof. Albrecht.

  No.	Title	Author(s)	Download
  38 (10/2006)	Counterterrorism Policies in Germany	Hans-Jörg Albrecht	PDF
  37 (10/2006)	Strengthening the Defence in Death Penalty Cases in the People’s Republic of China Contents	Hans-Jörg Albrecht and Research Unit of the Death Penalty Cases Survey Institute of Law	Order form
  30 (12/2005)	Victims of Terrorism Policies and Legislation in Europe. An Overview on Victim Related Assistance and Support	Hans-Jörg Albrecht & Michael Kilchling	PDF

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  • Download research in brief 30 (12/2005) (334.0 KB)

 

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