Research
Research Interests
- Human rights in the criminal justice system, in particular during criminal proceedings and in the penal system (Access to Justice)
- Gender and criminal law
- European law and criminal law
The research methodology of the professorship is committed to the concept of comprehensive criminal law, i.e. we work dogmatically, empirically and comparatively.
Research projects
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Bookproject “European perspectives on pre-trial detention: A means of last resort?”, expected appearance at the of 2022 (Routledge) |
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Empirical-comparative project on prisoners' rights and institutional control of the prison system: “Prisons: The Rule of Law, Accountability and Rights (PRILA)” (www.tcd.ie/law/research/PRILA/) at Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin (Principal Investigator Prof. Dr. Mary Rogan); Scientific coordination of the German sub-project |
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2016- |
„Pre-trial detention as Ultima Ratio“, scientific coordination together with Dr. Walter Hammerschick, Institut für Rechts- und Kriminalsoziologie Wien, supported by the EU Kommission - Generaldirektion Justiz und Verbraucher, http://irks.at/detour/ |
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2012- |
„Untersuchungshaft in Europa. Eine vergleichende Untersuchung unter rechtsdogmatischen, kriminologischen und europarechtlichen Aspekten“, supported by the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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2012- |
Network promotion within the COST-Programmes (European Cooperation in Science and Technology Association) on „Offender Supervision in Europe“; coordination of the working group on „European Norms, Policy and Practice“ and member of the administrative commitee |
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2002- |
MARE BALTICUM: Kriminalität, Strafrechts- und Strafvollzugsentwicklung im Ostseeraum Sub-project 2 (Aktuelle Entwicklungen der Lebens- und Haftbedingungen im internationalen Vergleich: Mare Balticum Prison Survey) and Sub-project 3 (Kriminalitätsentwicklung, Kriminalpolitik, strafrechtliche Sanktionspraxis und ihre Auswirkungen auf unterschiedliche Gefangenenraten) together with Prof. Dr. Frieder Dünkel and Bernd Geng |