Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal
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description: Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal (KrimOJ) is the first open access journal in the field of criminology initiated from Germany. The three-monthly journal makes all contributions available to its readers free of charge. However, authors are not charged any costs either. The journal offers a scientific forum for all relevant disciplines. KrimOJ is designed for anyone who is interested in the academic debate surrounding issues in the field of criminology. For this reason, we publish articles in both German and English. Easy availability, the widest possible distribution and free publication - KrimOJ offers all the advantages of the Open Access format without neglecting the quality of the content. Our high quality standards are ensured by a double-blind peer review process, in which at least two independent reviewers are involved. The journal is also the ideal forum for your manuscript. Submit your article to us now – we accept submissions throughout the year and on any criminology-related topic.
publisher: USB Open Publications
language: de
publication name: Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal
issn: 2698-6779
items: The Digital Ecosystem of Prepping-Related Channels and Groups on Telegram. Results of a Network Analysis
items: Secret Investigative Measures: A Comparison of Criminal Procedure between Kosovo and Albania
items: 30. Deutscher Präventionstag – Tagungsbericht
items: Laudatio zum Artikel des Jahres 2024: Cybergrooming – eine Bestandsaufnahme und zwei Schlussfolgerungen
items: Statement on the 2024 Article of the Year: Cybergrooming – An Inventory and Two Conclusions
items: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome as a Cause of Blame-Exclusion: A Criminological Analysis in Spain
items: An Overview of Empirical Studies of the Relationship Between Personal Attitudes Towards Crime and Trust in the Police in Germany – Conceptual and Methodological Inconsistencies
items: The Relevance of Implicit Attitudes in Criminology: A Comparison of Explicit and Implicit Attitudes Toward CCTV in Germany and the United Kingdom
items: Fear of Crime and Voting Behavior
items: Criminology in North Rhine-Westphalia - Conference report on the sixth annual conference of the “Criminology in NRW” network at the University of Münster from March 13th to 14th, 2025
items: “Tools & Media” – a Collection for Criminological Education and Training
items: Dürfen wir vorstellen…?
items: May we introduce...?
items: Control Function or Loss of Control? An Interpretative Pattern Analysis of Placement Decisions in Open Prisons
items: Global Regulation of Cybercrime through International Law and Cyberconventions
items: Extremism Among Adolescents in Lower Saxony. Results of a School Survey of Seventh Graders
items: Hyperfemininity. Figures of Social Differentiation and Marginalisation in the Penal System
items: Access to Justice in Prison is not a Crime, is it?
items: Neutralisation Techniques in the Control of Forced Labour: The Case of the ILO Engagement in Uzbekistan
items: (De-)Criminalisation. Introduction to the Special Issue
items: (Ent-)Kriminalisierung. Einleitung zum Special Issue
items: A Master Plan for Public Safety – Concept and Implementation in Cologne
items: Resocialisation as an Empty Promise: Why the Penal System Falls Short of its Own Aspirations Findings and Insights from Prison Climate Research in Germany
items: Cybercrime Victimisation and Categorization – A View from the Perspective of Routine-Activity-Theory (RAT)
items: Cultural-Theoretical Perspectives on Italian Organised Crime and Racketeering: Civil Society and Criminal Policy Conclusions for Germany
items: Reviewer List 2024
items: Stigmatisation of Transgender People in Indian Blood Donation Policies
items: From Treason to ‘Germanophobia’ – Political Criminality as Concept Creep
items: Fear of Crime, Victimization, and Changes in Life Routines: A Structural Equation Model
items: Open Science and Open Data in Criminology – Conference report on the first international workshop on transparent research practices in criminology at the University of Cologne.

The Digital Ecosystem of Prepping-Related Channels and Groups on Telegram. Results of a Network Analysis
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description: Prepping is a practice aimed at preparing for specific crisis events. The assumed events motivating crisis preparedness vary widely, ranging from unemployment to natural disasters or societal collapse (cf., Barker, 2020; Luy, 2021). Crisis preparedness is also a topic of interest for the far-right, whose social Darwinism, cultural pessimism, and apocalyptic thinking occasionally align with the beliefs found among preppers. Consequently, prepping discourses become fertile grounds for the normalization of misanthropic and anti-pluralist narratives. This study examines the digital ecosystem of 23 Telegram groups and channels related to prepping, and analyzes which actors are referenced through forwarded messages. Network analysis was used to explore the digital environment of prepping groups and channels. The findings reveal that most of the ecosystem is dominated by actors propagating conspiratorial to far-right narratives, whereas a few outliers show little or no connection to these actors.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Network Analysis
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subject: Normalization
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subject: Telegram
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creator: Pia Müller
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-26
publication date: 2025-09-26
starting page: 372
ending page: 403
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.3.1

Secret Investigative Measures: A Comparison of Criminal Procedure between Kosovo and Albania
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description: This study explores the application of covert technical and tactical measures in criminal investigations in Albania and Kosovo, emphasizing their effectiveness, adherence to legal standards, and respect for human rights. By comparing both countries’ approaches, the study evaluates the role of these measures in combating organized crime while safeguarding individual privacy and aligning with international norms.A structured questionnaire was administered to 50 citizens in Albania and Kosovo, assessing perceptions of the effectiveness, legality, human rights implications, and technological adaptability of covert investigative tools. Likert-scale questions provided a broad understanding of public sentiment. The findings indicate that most respondents perceive these measures as effective, particularly against organized crime. However, concerns about judicial oversight, privacy protection, and compliance with international human rights standards persist. Enhancing legal frameworks, transparency, and data security could improve public trust and the overall efficacy of these measures.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Albania
  topic: keywords
subject: Covert Measures
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subject: Criminal investigations
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subject: Criminal Law
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subject: Human rights
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subject: Kosovo
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creator: Merita Muharremi
creator: Fadil Curri
creator: Ismail Zejneli
creator: Florent Azemi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-26
publication date: 2025-09-26
starting page: 404
ending page: 424
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.3.2

30. Deutscher Präventionstag – Tagungsbericht
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description: Am 23. und 24. Juni 2025 fand in Augsburg der 30. Deutsche Präventionstag (DPT) statt. Im Rahmen dieser Fachkongresse kommen einmal jährlich die unterschiedlichen Akteur:innen, die im weitgefassten Feld der Gewalt- und Kriminalprävention aktiv sind, zu einem intensiven Austausch zusammen.
subject: Conference Proceedings
  topic: section
creator: Claudia Heinzelmann
creator: Gina Rosa Wollinger
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-26
publication date: 2025-09-26
starting page: 425
ending page: 426
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.3.3

Laudatio zum Artikel des Jahres 2024: Cybergrooming – eine Bestandsaufnahme und zwei Schlussfolgerungen
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description: Ein Geheimrezept für einen gelungenen wissenschaftlichen Artikel gibt es nicht – aber doch einige Zutaten, die erfahrungsgemäß zum Gelingen beitragen: ein aktuelles und interessantes Thema, eine klare und verständliche Sprache, eine instruktive Aufarbeitung des Wissensstandes aus dem Blickwinkel verschiedener Disziplinen und – besonders wichtig: neue (auch praxisbezogene) Ansätze und Ideen, welche die Leserschaft zum Nachdenken anregen und vielleicht sogar andere Forschende inspirieren, sich demselben Themenkreis zu widmen. Der Text von Tom Kattenberg enthält all dies und ist daher ganz zu Recht zum Beitrag des Jahres 2024 gewählt worden.
subject: Article of the Year 2024
  topic: section
creator: Johannes Kaspar
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-26
publication date: 2025-09-26
starting page: 427
ending page: 428
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.3.4

Statement on the 2024 Article of the Year: Cybergrooming – An Inventory and Two Conclusions
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description: There is no secret recipe for a successful academic article, but – based on experience – there are a few ingredients that will contribute to its success: a current and interesting topic; clear and understandable language; an instructive review of the state of knowledge from the perspective of various disciplines; and – particularly important – new (including practical) approaches and ideas that encourage readers to think and perhaps even inspire other researchers to address the same topic. Tom Kattenberg’s text contains all of this and has therefore rightly been chosen as the article of the year for 2024.
subject: Article of the Year 2024
  topic: section
creator: Johannes Kaspar
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-26
publication date: 2025-09-26
starting page: 429
ending page: 430
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.3.5

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome as a Cause of Blame-Exclusion: A Criminological Analysis in Spain
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description: This research analyses the criminological and legal-criminal consequences of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) on the criminal responsibility of people who commit a crime according to the Spanish penal system. FASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol that results in alterations in a person's cognitive capacity, which in the future can affect the ability to understand the wrongfulness of their actions and even regulate their behaviour. Articles 20 and 21 of the Spanish Penal Code regulate the conditions under which a person may be exempted from criminal responsibility for mental disorders or cognitive impairments. This research aims to provide an interdisciplinary view of FASD in the context of Spanish criminal law, analysing whether it can constitute a reason for total or partial exoneration from criminal responsibility. To this end, a qualitative analysis of case law is carried out. The article explains how the courts have interpreted the disorder in relation to an element of the crime called culpability, highlighting the distinction between total exoneration and mitigating circumstances. While some people with FASD may lack full awareness of the illegality of their actions, others may retain partial responsibility. This study contributes, in turn, to the debate on FASD and criminal responsibility, emphasising the need for interdisciplinary collaboration between legal professionals, forensic experts and mental health professionals to ensure fair and evidence-based judicial decisions.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Criminal Responsibility
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subject: Culpability
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subject: Mitigating Circumstance
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subject: Exemption
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subject: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
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creator: Esteban Morelle-Hungría
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 265
ending page: 281
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.2.1

An Overview of Empirical Studies of the Relationship Between Personal Attitudes Towards Crime and Trust in the Police in Germany – Conceptual and Methodological Inconsistencies
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description: Police power to act requires the trust of the population. The conviction of being protected by the police can reduce security concerns, while subjective insecurity can result in doubts about their competence. A literature search identified 38 publications in the form of institute reports, journal articles, monographs and anthologies on a total of 28 data sources that deal specifically with the relationship between personal attitudes to crime and trust in the police in Germany. Although a correlation is reported in the majority of cases, a differentiated examination of the individual publications reveals divergences and deficits with regard to the underlying theoretical concepts and the survey and evaluation methods. There is a need for greater use of multivariate evaluation methods, more frequent use of several indicators to depict both aspects and clear and uniform definitions of concepts and terms in order to ensure better comparability of the results.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Accountability Model
  topic: keywords
subject: Crime Attitudes
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subject: Fear of Crime
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subject: Operationalization
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subject: Reassurance Model
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subject: Trust in the Police
  topic: keywords
creator: Charlotte Müller
creator: Sandro Corrieri
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 312
ending page: 346
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.2.3

The Relevance of Implicit Attitudes in Criminology: A Comparison of Explicit and Implicit Attitudes Toward CCTV in Germany and the United Kingdom
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description: The surveillance of public spaces through CCTV for crime prevention has gained importance worldwide; however, findings regarding its preventive effect remain inconsistent. Methodological concerns relate to the validity of statistical comparisons and the limitations of traditional survey methods, particularly in connection with fear of crime. This exploratory study investigates explicit and implicit attitudes toward CCTV based on non-representative samples from Germany and the United Kingdom. While explicit attitudes were measured using questionnaires, a Single-Category Implicit Association Test (SC-IAT) was employed to capture implicit attitudes. The results reveal significant differences between the two measurement methods as well as within the country-specific samples. While the differences in the United Kingdom tend to cluster around neutral mean values, the German sample shows clearly positive explicit attitudes toward CCTV, contrasted by more negative tendencies in the implicit measurements. This discrepancy highlights the importance of distinguishing between conscious and unconscious perceptions. The findings offer valuable impulses for the development of culturally sensitive and differentiated security policies and provide a basis for further research.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: CCTV
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subject: Explicit and Implicit Attitudes
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subject: Cognitive Biases
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subject: Fear of Crime
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subject: SC-IAT
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subject: Social Desirability
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creator: Sergio Masbernat
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 282
ending page: 311
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.2.2

Fear of Crime and Voting Behavior
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description: In the context of municipal crime prevention, the reduction of unfounded fear of crime has become more important, as this fear corresponds to numerous negative phenomena. This study examines whether the fear of crime has an impact on voting behavior and leads to a strengthening of authoritarian-conservative parties and a weakening of innovation-oriented parties. To this end, a population survey in Stuttgart was used to examine the relationship between fear of crime and voting behavior, and whether this relationship could be explained by control variables. The results indicate a relationship between fear of crime and voting behavior with regard to the AfD and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. This association cannot be explained by causes of fear of crime and anxiety. For the other parties, no significant connection was found between fear of crime and voting behavior. The findings suggest that individuals with a strongly fear of crime prefer authoritarian-conservative parties and reject progressive ones.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: AfD
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subject: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
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subject: Crime Prevention
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subject: Democracy
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subject: Fear of Crime
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subject: Political Parties
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subject: Voting Behavior
  topic: keywords
creator: Dieter Hermann
creator: Egon Wachter
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 347
ending page: 362
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.2.4

Criminology in North Rhine-Westphalia - Conference report on the sixth annual conference of the “Criminology in NRW” network at the University of Münster from March 13th to 14th, 2025
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description: The sixth annual conference of the ”Criminology in NRW" network took place at the University of Münster in March 2025. It focused the topic “Dangerous childhood! Interdisciplinary perspectives on young offenders, victims and the criminal process“.
subject: Conference Proceedings
  topic: section
creator: Job Avelino Lohmann
creator: Laura Schmitz
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 363
ending page: 368
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.2.5

“Tools & Media” – a Collection for Criminological Education and Training
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description: The "Tools & Media" section of the "KrimDok" bibliographic database contains a collection of teaching materials and information resources that can be used to support academic teaching and personal advancement.
subject: News about KrimDok
  topic: section
subject: Continuing
  topic: keywords
subject: Database
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subject: FID Criminology
  topic: keywords
subject: Infrastructure in Criminology
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subject: KrimDok
  topic: keywords
subject: Teaching
  topic: keywords
creator: Katharina Stelzel
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 369
ending page: 371
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.2.6

Dürfen wir vorstellen…?
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description: Der Beitrag stellt die neu eingerichtete Rubrik des KrimOJ vor, in der zukünftig regelmäßig Neuerungen an der bibliographischen Datenbank „KrimDok“ sowie die Angebote und Entwicklungen des FID Kriminologie vorgestellt werden.
subject: News about KrimDok
  topic: section
subject: Criminological Information Service Criminology (FID Kriminologie)
  topic: keywords
subject: criminological infrastructure in Germany
  topic: keywords
subject: database
  topic: keywords
subject: KrimDok
  topic: keywords
subject: Literature supply
  topic: keywords
subject: Service
  topic: keywords
creator: Katharina Stelzel
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 255
ending page: 259
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.13

May we introduce...?
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description: The article introduces the newly established section of the KrimOJ, in which innovations in the biblio-graphical database “KrimDok” and the offers and developments of the Criminological Information Ser-vice (FID Kriminologie) will be presented regularly in the future.
subject: News about KrimDok
  topic: section
subject: Criminological Information Service Criminology (FID Kriminologie)
  topic: keywords
subject: database
  topic: keywords
subject: KrimDok
  topic: keywords
subject: Service
  topic: keywords
subject: Criminological Infrastructure in Germany
  topic: keywords
subject: Literature
  topic: keywords
creator: Katharina Stelzel
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 260
ending page: 264
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.14

Control Function or Loss of Control? An Interpretative Pattern Analysis of Placement Decisions in Open Prisons
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description: The daily work routine in correctional facilities is characterised by risk assessments and complex decisions, one of which is choosing the appropriate form of detention. Due to media debates about incidents occurring in open detention and an increasing attribution of erroneous decisions to individual responsibility, this choice poses a particular challenge. This raises the question of how placement decisions are made within the prison system and what interpretative patterns are used to legitimise these decisions. To investigate this, placement decisions for open detention were examined through a sequential analysis of correctional plans from 15 inmate files to reconstruct frameworks of order as well as interpretative patterns from a sociology of knowledge perspective. In total, four interpretative patterns were identified: Learning environment, Overwhelm, Differentiation from others, and Criminality as a character trait. The analysis shows that the open prison is characterised by a tension between freedom and security, where the form of detention – depending on the interpretative pattern – functions either as a control mechanism or entails loss of control. Furthermore, it highlights how strongly social control is embedded in the penal system and how the attribution of social problems serves to legitimise decisions.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: File Analysis
  topic: keywords
subject: Interpretation Pattern Analysis
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subject: Decision-Making
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subject: Legitimation
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subject: Open Prison
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subject: Social Control
  topic: keywords
subject: Social Problems
  topic: keywords
subject: Penal System
  topic: keywords
creator: Helena Schüttler
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 202
ending page: 226
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.11

Global Regulation of Cybercrime through International Law and Cyberconventions
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description: Background: This study examines the necessity of regulating cybercrime through international law and treaties, emphasising the role of the Budapest Convention as a foundational agreement. It explores the perception of global realities of cyberspace, prospects for legislative harmonization, and an international response to the legal status of the problem. The study highlights the urgent need to regulate cybercrime within the framework of international criminal law because of its persuasive threats across the globe. In terms of method, it uses normative legal research, analysing the international legal foundations based on the Budapest Convention and contrasting them with other types of comparative legal reasoning in and outside of the European Union. Technological insight is also looked at with a view to monitoring existing programs and recommending more effective mechanisms to combat cybercrime. Foremost among the findings is the irrefutable need for a legally interned unified world system of legal framework to fight cybercrime. The Budapest Convention serves as a starting point, while the ever-morphing nature of threats justifies the development of newer legal norms through the continuous transformation of reactive law. It discusses the need for uniform definitions of the law, better interaction between the public and private sectors, and better ethical definitions and practices of data collection and dissemination.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Convention on Cybercrime and Cooperation
  topic: keywords
subject: Cyberattack
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subject: Cybercrime
  topic: keywords
subject: International Criminal Law
  topic: keywords
creator: Enver Buçaj
creator: Arsim Thaqi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 155
ending page: 170
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.9

Extremism Among Adolescents in Lower Saxony. Results of a School Survey of Seventh Graders
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description: Extremism is a growing problem in Europe. Radicalisation, the process of how people become extremists, often starts early in life. Risk and protective factors for extremism are well researched, but the question remains, to what extent does the younger generation reproduce extremist attitudes, and which factors play a role, particularly in adolescence. Building on Beelmann’s (2020) radicalisation model and metastudies, the study took into account explanatory factors. The database consists of a sample of 7,779 seventh graders from Lower Saxony, Germany, and was conducted by the Criminological Research In-stitute of Lower Saxony in 2022. This random sample was used to examine extremist attitudes and de-terminants for both Islamist and right-wing extremist attitudes. The results indicate that for Muslims in particular, the feeling of being marginalised as Muslims, authoritarianism, and lacking law-abidingness play a significant role in explaining Islamist attitudes. For right-wing attitudes, the main determinants are authoritarianism, lacking law-abidingness, and poor school grades, among others.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Adolescents
  topic: keywords
subject: Extremism
  topic: keywords
subject: School Survey
  topic: keywords
subject: Radicalisation
  topic: keywords
creator: Carl Philipp Schröder
creator: Leonie Dreßigacker
creator: Yvonne
creator: Mona Gröneweg
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 124
ending page: 154
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.8

Hyperfemininity. Figures of Social Differentiation and Marginalisation in the Penal System
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description: The starting point for our study is the widespread assumption that the low proportion of women in the prison population (around 5 % of all prisoners in Germany are female) is the cause of their “special situation. Compared to male inmates, incarcerated women are described as a minority that is confronted with “special problems” that make incarcerated women victims. However, the special circumstances represent deprivations that Sykes (2007) already outlined for male prisoners in the 1950s as the pains of imprisonment. The loss of goods, security, and social relationships therefore represents an enormous burden of imprisonment. While the pains of imprisonment have become a standard concept guiding prison research and, consequently, interactions with those affected, an analysis of the marginalisationof female and trans*gender people in prison contexts has not yet been carried out. In this article, we present such an analysis based on the results of ethnographic research in the prison system and highlight relevant discursive figures that arise when femininities are addressed in everyday prison life. They culminate in forms of hyperfemininity, which on the one hand emphasise female agency but also promote marginalisation of the inmates concerned on the other.
subject: Special Issue Contributions
  topic: section
subject: Argot Roles
  topic: keywords
subject: Ethnography
  topic: keywords
subject: Gender
  topic: keywords
subject: Hyperfemininity
  topic: keywords
subject: Hypermasculinity
  topic: keywords
subject: Othering
  topic: keywords
subject: Penal system
  topic: keywords
subject: Marginalisation
  topic: keywords
creator: Dörte Negnal
creator: Anika Gomille
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 57
ending page: 79
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.5

Access to Justice in Prison is not a Crime, is it?
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description: This paper explores the extent to which prisoners who claim their rights in cases of conflict within the prison setting are subject to criminalisation or sanctioning. It examines the significance of effective legal protection in the prison system from a legal and sociological perspective before presenting empirical findings. These stem from an international research project titled “Prisons: The Rule of Law, Accountability and Rights (PRILA)” as well as experiences from several years of project work in the Berlin prison system (“Recht verständlich”, “Uni im Vollzug”). Finally, by drawing on perspectives from prison theory, the paper discusses key findings.
subject: Special Issue Contributions
  topic: section
subject: Deviance
  topic: keywords
subject: Judicial Protection
  topic: keywords
subject: Rule of Law
  topic: keywords
subject: Prison
  topic: keywords
subject: Prison Law
  topic: keywords
subject: Criminalisation
  topic: keywords
creator: Julian Knop
creator: Christine
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 34
ending page: 56
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.4

Neutralisation Techniques in the Control of Forced Labour: The Case of the ILO Engagement in Uzbekistan
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description: This paper focuses on forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest. It uncovers and deconstructs the narratives of organisational actors in the process of combating this form of state crime. We employ a deductive qualitative analysis of the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO’s) third-party harvest monitoring reports (2015 to 2022) and find that the ILO employs neutralisation techniques in its communication to ensure ongoing cooperation with the Uzbek government. Our findings reveal a paradox: The neutralisation- and trust-based mode of cooperation chosen by the ILO was seemingly effective in improving the labour rights situation during the cotton harvest. However, it also had a stabilising, integrating, and legitimising effect on the Uzbek government, providing it with an overall “clean bill of health” regarding human rights, and in the process, possibly obscuring transgressions in other sectors.
subject: Special Issue Contributions
  topic: section
subject: Cotton Industry
  topic: keywords
subject: Forced Labour
  topic: keywords
subject: State Crime
  topic: keywords
subject: Neutralisation Techniques
  topic: keywords
creator: Benedict Kreuels
creator: Sanne Kruse-Becher
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 9
ending page: 33
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.3

(De-)Criminalisation. Introduction to the Special Issue
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description: This Special Issue documents contributions presented at the annual conference “(De-)Criminalisation”of the network “Criminology in North Rhine-Westphalia” in Siegen on 21st and 22nd March 2024.
subject: Editorial
  topic: section
subject: Criminalization
  topic: keywords
subject: Discourse
  topic: keywords
subject: Practices
  topic: keywords
subject: Process
  topic: keywords
subject: State Authorities
  topic: keywords
creator: Dörte Negnal
creator: Anika Gomille
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 5
ending page: 8
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.2

(Ent-)Kriminalisierung. Einleitung zum Special Issue
type: item
description: Dieses Special Issue dokumentiert Beiträge, die im am 21. und 22. März 2024 bei der Jahrestagung „(Ent-)Kriminalisierung“ des Netzwerks „Kriminologie in Nordrhein-Westfalen“ in Siegen präsentiert wurden.
subject: Editorial
  topic: section
subject: Diskurs
  topic: keywords
subject: Kriminalisierung
  topic: keywords
subject: Praktiken
  topic: keywords
subject: Prozess
  topic: keywords
subject: staatliche Instanzen
  topic: keywords
creator: Dörte Negnal
creator: Anika Gomille
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 1
ending page: 4
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.1

A Master Plan for Public Safety – Concept and Implementation in Cologne
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description: Crime prevention in the community is – among other things – focused on the fear of crime in public spaces and designing them to promote safety. The article presents the three-stage concept and instru-ments of the “Master Plan for Public Safety” of the city of Cologne, which can be used to obtain action guidelines for burdened places. The multi-method mix has been tested successfully: The indicator model in stage one is used to identify neighbourhoods characterised by increased fluctuation, an occurrence of hot spots of disorder, and a high level of street crime per inhabitant. The structural images ob-tained are evaluated in stage two in collaboration with local stakeholders. Stage three involves in-depth investigations in selected neighbourhoods using the method of triangulation, in which safety is comprehensively assessed from multiple perspectives using independent methodological approaches. A focus on particularly stressed micro-segments helps to avoid labelling areas as “unsafe”.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Community-Based Crime Prevention
  topic: keywords
subject: Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design CPTED
  topic: keywords
subject: Crime-Related Social Area Analysis
  topic: keywords
subject: Fear of Crime
  topic: keywords
subject: Master Plan for Public Safety
  topic: keywords
subject: Micro-Segments
  topic: keywords
subject: Police Crime Statistics
  topic: keywords
creator: Herbert Schubert
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 171
ending page: 201
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.10

Resocialisation as an Empty Promise: Why the Penal System Falls Short of its Own Aspirations Findings and Insights from Prison Climate Research in Germany
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description: In Germany, resocialisation is both a fundamental right of prisoners and the primary goal of the prison system. This article examines the extent to which the German prison system fulfils these requirements. To this end, it draws on data from 220 adult male prisoners and 203 members of staff from a research project that explores the social climate in two German prisons. The aim of this paper is not to contrast the two prisons with their differing conditions, histories, and locations, but to explore how “alive” or tangible the idea of resocialisation is for the people living and working in prison. Our findings demonstrate that resocialisation is more of an “empty promise” than it is a reality. Both prisons – each in its own way – ultimately falls short of implementing enshrined legal requirements and its own standards. The article illustrates how and why resocialisation efforts within these institutions fail by drawing on survey data, interviews, and observation. The reasons for the gap between ideal and reality lie in systemic constraints (in particular a lack of resources) and conflicting objectives and priorities. These dynamics result in resignation and disappointment among prisoners, while staff sometimes resort to problematic attitudes that reveal deep-seated doubts, even denial, regarding the benefits of resocialisation.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Corrections
  topic: keywords
subject: Planning
  topic: keywords
subject: Prison Climate
  topic: keywords
subject: Resocialization
  topic: keywords
subject: Security and Order
  topic: keywords
subject: Social Climate
  topic: keywords
subject: Preparation for Release
  topic: keywords
creator: Frank Neubacher
creator: Deborah Kant
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 227
ending page: 254
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.12

Cybercrime Victimisation and Categorization – A View from the Perspective of Routine-Activity-Theory (RAT)
type: item
description: This study explores the intersection of cybercrime victimisation and prevention through the lens of Routine Activity Theory (RAT). Using a representative survey in Austria, the research examines the victimisation experiences of private individuals, focussing on financial, data, and personal cybercrimes. The findings reveal significant differences in demographics and guardianship levels among victims of different cybercrime types. Notably, higher levels of physical and personal guardianship were unexpectedly correlated with increased victimisation. This study underscores the heterogeneity of cybercrime and the need for nuanced prevention strategies that take into account the distinct characteristics of various cybercrime types. The implications highlight the complexity of the relationship between cybersecurity measures and victimisation, challenging assumptions about the protective efficacy of increased cybersecurity awareness and measures.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Awareness
  topic: keywords
subject: Cybercrime
  topic: keywords
subject: Cybersecurity
  topic: keywords
subject: Routine Activity Theory
  topic: keywords
subject: Victimisation
  topic: keywords
creator: Edith Huber
creator: Bettina Pospisil
creator: Thilo Sauter
creator: Albert Treytl
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 100
ending page: 123
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.7

Cultural-Theoretical Perspectives on Italian Organised Crime and Racketeering: Civil Society and Criminal Policy Conclusions for Germany
type: item
description: This paper discusses Italian organised crime (IOC) from a cultural-theoretical perspective, focussing on ‘Ndrangheta and Cosa Nostra as well as racketeering in the context of IOC. Among other things, the organisations’ values and norms, the modi operandi and the functions of protection money as well as the societal reactions to the phenomena will be addressed. In addition to the pursuit of profit, the need to exert social influence and implement own value systems on claimed territories are characteristic features of IOC. Extortion of protection money is the preferred instrument to consolidate the clans’ or families’ control over individuals or other social groups. Similar expansion tendencies can be observed in Germany. Italian or Italian-born restaurateurs especially are at risk of victimisation. Relationships within the organisations are also hierarchical, even though they also aim to strengthen internal cohesion. A fluid transition between family and organisational structures can be observed especially within the ‘Ndrangheta. In concluding, the paper presents a cultural-theoretical classification of the phenomena and criminal policies as well as civil society implications for Germany.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Culture
  topic: keywords
subject: Protection Racket
  topic: keywords
subject: Italian Organised Crime
  topic: keywords
subject: Mafia
  topic: keywords
subject: Perpetrator-Victim Relationship
  topic: keywords
creator: Francesco Basta
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2025-03-27
publication date: 2025-03-27
starting page: 80
ending page: 99
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2025.1.6

Reviewer List 2024
type: item
description: KrimOJ applies a double-blind peer review process, which means that throughout the review the identities of both reviewers and authors are concealed from each other. Reviewers are not paid and work as part of the academic community. By listing them here, we extend our gratitude for their work.
subject: Reviewer List
  topic: section
creator: Redaktion
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2024-12-19
publication date: 2024-12-19
starting page: 290
ending page: 292
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2024.4.8

Stigmatisation of Transgender People in Indian Blood Donation Policies
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description: In recent years, India has started to open up to changes that challenge patriarchal norms. Following the decriminalisation of Section 377 IPC by Indian law, decades of intersecting oppressions and tags on the queer community were reformed. However, victimisation and stigmatisation of sexual and gender minorities still continues in various areas of life, including the healthcare sector. This was evident during the Covid pandemic, which created a strong demand for blood donations, but in many reported cases, the queer community was denied the opportunity to donate blood, which clearly demonstrates that while laws have evolved, stigmatisation persists. This paper focuses on Indian blood donation guidelines, reviews about laws that are being put into place to prevent queer people from donating blood, and discusses countries where queer people are excluded from blood donation programs. The paper closes with a set of suggestions to help overcome discriminatory blood donation policies.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: criminology
  topic: keywords
subject: discrimination
  topic: keywords
subject: queer community
  topic: keywords
subject: rights
  topic: keywords
subject: victimisation
  topic: keywords
subject: violation
  topic: keywords
creator: Sabrin Mariam Philip
creator: Sunanda Bhagavathy
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2024-12-19
publication date: 2024-12-19
starting page: 272
ending page: 280
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2024.4.6

From Treason to ‘Germanophobia’ – Political Criminality as Concept Creep
type: item
description: This paper investigates a shift in the concept of “political crime” in reunified Germany. It analyzes a gradual expansion of the concept, starting with its narrow, state-centered definition in the early 1990s. This definition then was gradually broadened to the point where it now contains a range of bias-motivated crimes. In order to explain these changes, the paper applies the psychology-based model of concept creep to the field of political crime. From this theoretical perspective, the conceptual expansion can take on “horizontal” and “vertical” forms: It expands outward, thereby producing new forms of political crime; and it expands downward as it subjectifies the definition criteria and thereby includes more cases. The cause of this expansion is a discursive shift. The state responds to political pressure in the context of a public conflict over the definition and recognition of political crime. The consequences of this response are ambivalent, as the progressive notion of expanding the moral circle threatens to give way to the relativization of oppression by equating different victim groups.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: concept creep
  topic: keywords
subject: hate crime
  topic: keywords
subject: police
  topic: keywords
subject: political crime
  topic: keywords
subject: political violence
  topic: keywords
creator: Max Laube
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2024-12-19
publication date: 2024-12-19
starting page: 254
ending page: 271
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2024.4.5

Fear of Crime, Victimization, and Changes in Life Routines: A Structural Equation Model
type: item
description: The aim of this paper was to apply self-control/risky lifestyle theory on the risk of cyberstalking victimization in a younger age group by using a representative student sample from Germany. Results show that cyberstalking victimization is experienced by 18.2% of the representative sample of ninth-grade students. Girls were more often victimized than boys. Only a minority experience cyberstalking exclusively, whereas considerably more juveniles report having experienced both offline stalking and cyberstalking. The findings from the parallel multiple mediation models corroborate self-control/lifestyle theory and align with a growing body of literature indicating that low self-control has both direct and indirect effects on the risk of experiencing cyberstalking. For both genders, risk-seeking is significantly and positively associated with the risk of experiencing cyberstalking victimization, both directly and indirectly.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: change of habits
  topic: keywords
subject: daily routines
  topic: keywords
subject: fear of crime
  topic: keywords
subject: structural equations
  topic: keywords
subject: victimization
  topic: keywords
creator: Patricia Hernández-Medina
creator: Daniel Goncalves Hernández
creator: Diego Pinilla-Rodríguez
creator: María Gabriela González-Bautista
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2024-12-19
publication date: 2024-12-19
starting page: 169
ending page: 185
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2024.4.1

Open Science and Open Data in Criminology – Conference report on the first international workshop on transparent research practices in criminology at the University of Cologne.
type: item
description: In September 2024, the University of Cologne hosted the first in-person workshop on Open Science (OS) and Open Data in European Criminology. It was the first event of its kind, organized in a mini-conference format.
subject: Conference Proceedings
  topic: section
creator: Christof Nägel
creator: Alexander Trinidad
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal | Criminology - The Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date: 2024-12-19
publication date: 2024-12-19
starting page: 281
ending page: 289
doi: 10.18716/ojs/krimoj/2024.4.7