Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Jörg Albrecht

Director, Head of the Department of Criminology (Acting Director)

Tel.: +49 761 7081-201
Fax: +49 761 7081-316
E-Mail: h.j.albrecht@mpicc.de

Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Jörg Albrecht is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg/Germany, as well as an honorary professor and faculty member at the law faculty of the University of Freiburg. He is a guest professor at the Center for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at the China University of Political Science and Law and at the law faculties of Hainan University, Renmin University, Wuhan University, Beijing Normal University, and Dalian Ocean University.

Born in 1950 in Esslingen, Germany, Prof. Albrecht studied at the University of Tübingen and later at the University of Freiburg, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1979. In 1991, Prof. Albrecht completed his post-doctoral lecturing qualification with a Habilitation on criminal law, juvenile criminal law, criminology, and prison law.

Between 1977 and 1991, Prof. Albrecht worked as a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Freiburg. In 1991, he accepted an offer to lecture criminal law and criminology at the University of Konstanz. In 1993, he ascended to the Chair for Criminal Law, Juvenile Criminal Law, and Criminology at the University of Dresden, a position which he held until 1997 when he returned to the Institute. In 1997, Prof. Albrecht was appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg, Germany. In addition to his position at the Institute, he also lectures on criminal law, criminal justice, and criminology at the University of Freiburg.

In recent years, Prof. Albrecht has been awarded the status of guest professor at a number of foreign universities and leading academic research centers including the Center for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at the China University of Political Science and Law (2000 + 2008), the College for Criminal Law Science at Beijing Normal University (2015) and the law faculties of Hainan University (2001), Renmin University (2004), Wuhan University (2005), Beijing Normal University (2006), and Dalian Ocean University (2012).

In 2003, he was bestowed the honor of a life membership at Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge, and in 2004 he accepted a UT-professorship and received permanent faculty membership at the Law Faculty of Qom Higher Education Center, University of Teheran. In 2005, Prof. Albrecht was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Pécs, Hungary. In May 2010, Prof. Albrecht was made an honorary member of the Hungarian Society of Criminology for his activities in the development of Hungarian criminology and criminal policy. In September 2010, he was appointed as an honorary member to the Serbian Society of Criminology (SCS). Prof. Albrecht was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Grigol Robakidze University in Tbilisi in May 2012 and an honorary professorship from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin in June 2013. In September 2013, the Academic Honor Award of the 3rd International Crime & Punishment Film Festival was presented to Prof. Albrecht in Istanbul for his life-time contribution to criminological research on children and youth. In September 2016, Prof. Albrecht was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Law Enforcement University in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, and in May 2017 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technical University in Tbilisi, Georgia. Also in May 2017, the "2016 International Educator in China Award" by the Information Research Center of International Talents, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), P.R. China, was presented to Prof. Albrecht for his contribution to Chinese-German academic cooperation and education.

Prof. Albrecht is the deputy spokesperson of the International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment (IMPRS REMEP).

Prof. Albrecht's research interests span the breadth of modern legal and criminological discourse. His interests range from topics such as sentencing theory, juvenile crime and justice, illegal drug policy, and environmental and organized crime to evaluative research on the role of criminal justice in transitional legal systems. He has authored, co-authored, and edited numerous works, including volumes on sentencing, day-fines, recidivism, child abuse and neglect, drug policies, and victimization.

SS 2019
Kriminologisches Blockseminar "Kriminalitätsentwicklungen – Beobachtung, Erklärung, Kriminalpolitik" (SPB 3)
Zulassung: maximal 15 Personen.
Hinweise zum kriminologischen Seminarangebot:
Im Rahmen des strafrechtlichen Schwerpunktebereichs (SPB 3) wird in jedem Semester ein kriminologisches Seminar angeboten. Das Thema und die einzelnen Referatsthemen werden jeweils zum Ende des vorausgehenden Semesters im Internet bekanntgegeben.
Teilnahmeberechtigt sind Studierende der Juristischen Fakultät und Studierende aus anderen Fakultäten einschließlich Erasmus- und Eucor-Studierenden. Für Studierende der Juristischen Fakultät aus dem SPB 3 gilt die Seminararbeit als schriftliche Studienarbeit gem. § 9 der Studien- und Prüfungsordnung (StPrO).
Die Vorbesprechung mit Themenvergabe findet in der Regel innerhalb der ersten zwei Wochen der Semesterferien statt. Der Termin wird im Internet bekannt gemacht.
Für Studierende aus dem SPB 3 beginnt mit der Themenvergabe die vierwöchige Bearbeitungsfrist gem. § 9 StPrO. Für andere Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer gilt diese Frist nicht. SPB-Studierende können nach Rücksprache mit dem Prüfungsamt ihre Studienarbeit zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt beginnen; sie sind bei der Themenwahl auf solche Themen beschränkt, die bei der Vorbesprechung nicht bereits an andere SPB-Teilnehmer vergeben wurden.
Das Seminar findet regelmäßig als Blockseminar im letzten Monat des Semesters statt. Der Termin wird rechtzeitig im Internet bekanntgegeben.
Neben der Abgabe der Seminararbeit ist ein mündlicher Vortrag im Umfang von 15 bis max. 20 Minuten Voraussetzung für den Erwerb des Seminarscheines.
Downloads:
- Kriminologisches Blockseminar "Kriminalitätsentwicklungen – Beobachtung, Erklärung, Kriminalpolitik" (SPB 3): Themenliste
Place / Time:
Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht, Günterstalstr. 73, 79100 Freiburg, Juli 2019 nach gesonderter Ankündigung
WS 2018/2019
Vorlesung "Kriminologie II" (SPB 3)
Downloads:
Place / Time:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, KG III, HS 3042, Mo. 16–18 h
SS 2018
Vorlesung "Kriminologie I" (SPB 3)
Downloads:
Place / Time:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, KG III, HS 3042, Mo. 18 s.t.–19:30 h
WS 2017/2018
Vorlesung "Kriminologie II" (SPB 3)
Downloads:
Place / Time:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, KG III, HS 3042, Mo. 18 s.t.–19:30 h
SS 2017
Vorlesung "Kriminologie I" (SPB 3)
Downloads:
Place / Time:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, KG III, HS 3042, Mo. 18 s.t.–19:30 h

Prof. Albrecht is co-editor of the following series and journals:

Series at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law:
- Reports on Research in Criminology [more],
- Interdisciplinary Research in Criminal Law and Criminology [more],
- Publications of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology (Balkan Criminology Series) [more],
- Foreign Criminal Laws in Translation [more],
Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform [more],
European Journal for Security Research [more],
Déviance et Société [more],
Recht der Jugend und des Bildungswesens [more],
Zivile Sicherheit. Schriften zum Fachdialog Sicherheitsforschung [more],
Foreign press review of the "Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft" (ZStW).

Prof. Albrecht is on the editorial board of the journal "F3 – Freedom from Fear" and the advisory boards for the journals "Suchttherapie," "International Journal of Policy and Practice," "Police Practice and Research – An International Journal," "Studies on Crime and Crime Prevention," "Revista de Derecho Penal y Criminología," the "European Journal of Criminology," "Crime & Justice International," and "Criminology and Criminal Justice." He is rédacteur associé of the journal "Revue internationale de criminologie et de police technique et scientifique."

Prof. Albrecht is a member of the scientific council of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, in Bielefeld, Germany, and a member of the advisory board of the German National Academic Foundation. He is a member of the Centre for Criminology (KrimZ), the Kriminologische Gesellschaft (KrimG), the Groupe Européen de Recherches sur les Normativités (GERN), the European Society of Criminology, the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

研究重点:

汉斯—约格• 阿尔布莱希特教授的研究兴趣和研究重点为刑事制裁体系、量刑、毒品刑法与毒品犯罪、犯罪学基础问题以及犯罪学的具体问题如青少年犯罪、环境犯罪、有组织犯罪、仇恨犯罪以及转型社会中的刑法改革。他出版了《罚金刑的量刑与执行》（1980年）、《严重犯罪的量刑》（1994年）等专著，并在杂志和论文集中发表了众多文章，文章涉及毒品刑法和毒品控制、环境刑法与环境犯罪、犯罪生涯、犯罪预防等领域。

学术经历:

汉斯—约格•阿尔布莱希特1950年生于德国埃斯林根。1968年至1973年间他在图宾根大学和弗莱堡大学学习法律和社会学。1979年在弗莱堡大学法律系博士毕业，论文题目为“罚金刑的量刑与执行——对日额金制度进行特别考量”。1976年至1991年为弗莱堡（布莱斯高）马普外国刑法与国际刑法研究所高级研究员。1991年以“严重犯罪的量刑——对刑罚幅度确定和描述的一个理论与实证比较研究”为题的论文获得教授任职资格。1992年3月被聘为康斯坦茨大学刑法及邻近学科教授（C3等级），在此他任教至1993年夏季学期。1993年6月他被聘为德累斯顿理工大学刑法、少年刑法、刑事执行法以及犯罪学教席的教授，并在此任教至1996/1997冬季学期。1995年11月他获得接任马普外国刑法与国际刑法研究所所长职务的邀请。自1997年3月1日始担任马普外国刑法与国际刑法研究所所长，并自1997/1998年冬季学期始任弗莱堡大学兼职教授。
阿尔布莱希特教授于2000年4月被中国政法大学刑事司法学院聘为客座教授，2001年4月被海南大学法学院聘为客座教授，2004年1月被中国人民大学法学院聘为客座教授。2003年5月被英国剑桥大学卡莱尔学院授予终身成员资格。2004年5月被伊朗德黑兰大学Qom高等教育中心法律系授予终身成员资格和UT教授资格。2005年3月被匈牙利佩奇（Pécs）大学法律系授予名誉博士学位。2005年5月被武汉大学法学院聘为客座教授, 2006年5月被北京师范大学法学院聘为客座教授。2008年5月阿尔布莱希特教授被中国政法大学聘为客座教授。
因阿尔布莱希特教授的学术活动对匈牙利犯罪学和刑事政策学发展作出的重要贡献，他于2010年5月被任命为匈牙利犯罪协会名誉会员。2010年9月，阿尔布莱希特教授同样被塞尔维亚犯罪学协会授予名誉会员称号。2012年5月，阿尔布莱希特教授被格鲁吉亚第比利斯的格里高•罗拔基兹大学授予荣誉博士。自 2012年11月始阿尔布莱希特教授被大连海事大学聘为客座教授。2013年6月被波兰卢布林居里夫人大学授予荣誉教授称号。2013年9月，阿尔布莱希特教授在土耳其的伊斯坦布尔被授予第3届国际犯罪与惩罚电影节学术荣誉奖，以表彰其在儿童和青少年的犯罪学研究领域的成就。 2015年，他被聘为北京师范大学刑事法律科学研究院客座教授。 2016年9月阿尔布莱希特教授被蒙古执法大学授予荣誉博士，并于2017年5月被格鲁吉亚科技大学授予荣誉博士。

阿尔布莱希特教授也是马克思普朗克“报复、和解与惩罚”国际研究学院的发起人和负责人。

出版物（中文）

2017 – 2015

Albrecht, H.-J.: 《安全的变迁：从预防性安全转变为先发制人的安全？》, 周子实翻译, 社会科学文献出版社, 2017年, 第329至第347页.

Albrecht, H.-J.: 《重罪量刑——关于刑量确立与刑量阐释的比较性理论与实证研究》（熊琦、魏武、赵书鸿、周子实、岳礼玲、潘文博译校），法律出版社，2017年版, 583页。

Albrecht, H.-J.: 比较法视野下再犯统计的概念与潜在价值. 青少年犯罪问题. 2016 第115-120页.

Albrecht, H.-J.: “序言”. 载于: 岳礼玲 / 林静（译）, 《德国刑事诉讼法典：刑事诉讼法、法院组织法、少年法院法》. 中国检察出版社, 北京, 2016年, 第1至22页.

Albrecht, H.-J.: “恐怖主义、被害及对恐怖主义受害者的补偿” (吕凤丽译). 载于: 陈泽宪（主编）, 《刑事法前沿（第八卷）》. 社会科学文献出版社, 北京, 2015年, 第208至229页.

Albrecht, H.-J.: “缠扰行为-国内与国际法律政策与立法发展”（隗佳译），载赵秉志主编：《刑法论丛》（第44卷），法律出版社2015年版，页429-443。

Albrecht, H.-J.: “刑事制裁与犯罪控制：欧洲的过去、现在和未来”（赵书鸿译），载赵秉志主编：《走向科学的刑事法学：刑科院建院10周年国际合作伙伴祝贺文集》，法律出版社2015年版，第3-15页。

Albrecht, H.-J.: “德国刑事政策和立法中针对危险行为人的隔离监禁制度”（王栋译），载刘仁文主编：《废除劳教后的刑法结构完善》，社会科学文献出版社第2015年版，第523-548页。

2014 – 2006

Albrecht, H.-J.: “安全、犯罪预防与刑法”（赵书鸿译），载《人民检察》，2014年第16期（总第677期），页30-40。

Albrecht, H.-J.: “德国性犯罪刑法的改革与成果”（周子实译），载赵秉志主编：《刑法论丛》（第35卷），法律出版社2013年版，页336-358。

Albrecht, H.-J.: “德国的量刑与刑事制裁体系”（江溯，林静译），载陈泽宪主编：《刑事法前沿》（第七卷），中国人民公安大学出版社2013年版，页394-412。

Albrecht, H.-J.: “DNA，侦查程序和安全忧虑”（樊文译），载陈泽宪主编：《刑事法前沿》- 中国社会科学院刑事法学重点学科论坛（第六卷），中国人民公安大学出版社2012年版，页457-470。

Albrecht, H.-J. & Grundies, V.: “ 伴随年龄积累的司法记录”（樊文译），载陈泽宪主编：《刑事法前沿》- 中国社会科学院刑事法学重点学科论坛（第六卷），中国人民公安大学出版社2012年版，页513-531。

Albrecht, H.-J.: “ 欧洲的死刑制度”，载赵秉志主编：《刑法论丛》（第22卷），法律出版社2010年版，第27-38页。

Albrecht, H.-J.: “ 有组织环境犯罪：概念、规模和结构”（樊文译），载赵秉志，卢建平主编：《国际刑法评论》- 北京师范大学刑事法律科学研究院，国际刑法学协会中国分会（第三卷），中国人民公安大学出版社2009 年版，第29-45页。

Albrecht, H.-J.: “ 有组织环境犯罪：概念、规模和结构”（樊文译），载陈泽宪主编：《刑事法前沿》- 中国社会科学院刑事法学重点学科论坛（第四卷），中国人民公安大学出版社2008年版，页363-380。

Albrecht, H.-J.: “法治与人身权的保护”，载王家福主编：人身权与法治，社会科学文献出版社2007年版，北京，页28-38。

Albrecht, H.-J.: “腐败及其控制---对腐败现象及其预防与控制机制的审视”（高长见译），载陈泽宪主编：《刑事法前沿》（第三卷），中国人民公安大学出版社2006年版，北京，页331-352。

Albrecht, H.-J.:“死刑案件辩护实证研究报告”，载陈泽宪主编：《死刑案件的辩护》，中国社会科学出版社2006年版，页69-132.

2005 – 1999

Albrecht, H.-J.: “法律政策语境下的死刑”，载《中外法学》2005年第5期（死刑研究专号），页534-542。

Albrecht, H.-J. & 岳礼玲.:“欧洲再审制度之比较及经验借鉴”，载陈光中主编《刑事再审程序与人权保障》，北京大学出版社2005年版，页214-233。

Albrecht, H.-J.:“量刑实践中的行为比例”，载陈泽宪主编《刑事法前沿》（第一卷），中国人民公安大学出版社2004年版，页212-236。

Albrecht, H.-J.:“德国的审前羁押—实证的情况”，载H.-J. Albrecht、陈光中主编《中德强制措施国际研讨会论文集》，中国人民公安大学出版社2003年版，页151-179。

Albrecht, H.-J.:“德国的审前羁押—实证的情况”，载H.-J. Albrecht 、陈光中主编《中德强制措施国际研讨会论文集》，中国人民公安大学出版社2003年版，页120-139（英文）。

Albrecht, H.-J.:“中国的死刑—从国际视角看中国的死刑政策”，载新里斯本大学法学院主编《欧盟-中国人权对话》（2000年5月8-9日在里斯本举办的第三届研讨会之工作报告），里斯本2002年版，页11-57。（同时也以英文发表）

Albrecht, H.-J.: “刑事诉讼中的变通政策以及检察官在法庭审理开始前的作用”（赵阳译），载司法部预防犯罪研究所编译《中德第三届、第四届刑法学、犯罪学研讨会文集》，2002年，页160-175。

Albrecht, H.-J.: 绪论、第二章、第十三章，载 Albrecht, H.-J.、陈光中 : 主编《中德不起诉制度比较研究》，中国检察出版社2001年版，页I-IV, 52-61, 156-159。

Albrecht, H.-J.:“从欧洲角度看中国的死刑问题”，载程荣斌等主编《诉讼法学新探》，中国法制出版社2000年版，页867-875。

Albrecht, H.-J.:“刑事诉讼中的变通政策以及检察官在法庭审理开始前的作用”（赵阳译），载陈光中、江伟主编《诉讼法论丛》第3卷，法律出版社1999年版，页203-217。

共同主编

Albrecht, H.-J. &陈光中 (主编):《中德强制措施国际研讨会论文集》，中国人民公安大学出版社2003年版，205页。

Albrecht, H.-J. &陈光中 (主编): 《中德不起诉制度比较研究》，中国检察出版社2001年版。

电子出版物

Further information

MaxPlanckResearch, 4/2010, 7: "Anyone may become a killer", interview with Prof. H.-J. Albrecht on the role of preventive detention [more].
MaxPlanckResearch, 4/2008, 39-42: Capital Punishment Reforms [more].

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 [more].

No.	Title	Author(s)	Download
43 (04/2012)	Prison Overcrowding – Finding Effective Solutions	Hans-Jörg Albrecht	PDF
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

All Projects

Research projects

Criminology, Ongoing

Responding to Cybercrime in a Transitional Society: the Example of Ukraine

From illegal access to various types of data to malware that paralyzes a whole society: all such activities fall into the general category of “hacking”, a phenomenon which the young European democr... More

Criminology, Ongoing

European Journal for Security Research

With an emphasis on the interdisciplinary efforts of all the humanities and technological sciences, the European Journal for Security Research provides a comprehensive platform to discuss a wide-ra... More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Ongoing

Implementation and Consequences of Legalizing Marijuana in Uruguay

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

Victims and Corporations

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Ongoing

WiSKoS

Criminology, Dissertation, Completed

Punishment and Sentence Enforcement for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Former Yugoslavia

The project empirically investigates penal purposes and conditions under which sentences imposed by the ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia) are enforced in different Eu... More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

FIDUCIA – New European Crimes and Trust-based Policy

Article 1 of the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997) establishes the European Union as an area of freedom, security, and justice. This has been bolstered by the Council of the European Union's emphasis on t... More

Criminology, Research project, Institute project, Ongoing

Modernization of Criminal Justice Systems

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Ongoing

The Transition from Totalitarianism to the Rule of Law

This project on the development of criminal policy and criminal law in the countries of the former Soviet Union is closely connected to the Institute’s long-running German-Soviet colloquia on crimi... More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

Electronic Monitoring of Prisoners in Baden-Württemberg/Germany

From October 2010 until March 2012, a pilot project on electronic monitoring electronic monitoring occurred in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. In conjunction with this project, the Max Planc... More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

Governing through Punishment

In recent decades, prison population increases in many countries have meant that the questions surrounding the scale of imprisonment have attracted more attention than any other issue in the field ... More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

The Slide of Punishment

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

Police and Adolescents in Multi-Ethnic Societies (POLIS)

From the 1980s onwards, France has faced a series of violent riots in urban agglomerations, culminating in the autumn 2005 riots which continued for several weeks and spread to most of France’s maj... More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

Moving the Debate Forward

“Moving the Debate forward: China's Use of the Death Penalty” was a cooperative project between the Great Britain China Centre (London), Beijing Normal University, Wuhan University, the University ... More

Criminology, Criminal Law, Research project, Expert Opinion, Institute project, Ongoing

Criminal Law and Criminology under One Roof

Criminology, Research project, Institute project, Completed

Security Research Dialogue

The project is part of a larger research program of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research concerning civil security (the project is a component in the Ministry’s so-called Hightech Strateg... More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture in China

Work initially commenced on this project in early 2006, and is expected to continue over the next three years. Participants in the project include the Great Britain China Centre (London), the Max P... More

Criminal Law, Research project, Institute project, Completed

General Legal Principles of International Criminal Law on the Criminal Liability of Leaders of Criminal Groups and Networks

The leaders of organized offender groups and networks usually act in the background, avoiding any direct participation in criminal activities. This project examines how 43 legal systems handle the ... More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

Strengthening the Defence in Death Penalty Cases in China

The Great Britain China Center (London), the Chinese Academy for Social Sciences (CASS, Beijing) and the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg) carry out a joint... More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

Law, Norm and Criminalization

The Project “Law, Norm and Criminalization” analyses the connections between the creation of norms, the legal punishment of non-normative behavior and the exclusion of forms of deviance from the no... More

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

Criminology, Dissertation, Departmental project, Completed

Criminology, Research project, Departmental project, Completed

Model Codes for Postconflict Societies

In 2001, taking the lead from the Brahimi Report, and based on consultations that took place with many practitioners involved in postconflict criminal law reform, the United States Institute of Pe... More

Criminology, Criminal Law, Research project, Institute project, Completed