MPI CSL
Project title

Criminal Sanctions and Recidivism

ID

criminal-sanctions-recidivism

DOI 10.57801/q7rx-e117 Findable
Resource type Dataset / administrative
Citation Albrecht, H.-J., Jehle, J.-M., Tetal, C., & Hohmann-Fricke, S. (2008). Criminal Sanctions and Recidivism [Data set]. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law. https://doi.org/10.57801/Q7RX-E117
Website https://csl.mpg.de/de/projekte/legalbewaehrung-nach-strafrechtlichen-sanktionen
Timeframe 2008 – ongoing
Organization Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (MPI-CSL) ROR ID Department of Criminology
People
  • Albrecht, Hans-Jörg Email PuRE GND-ID Principal Investigator Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
  • Jehle, Jörg-Martin Email Principal Investigator Universität Göttingen
  • Tetal, Carina Email PuRE GND-ID Senior Researcher Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
  • Hohmann-Fricke, Sabine Email External Researcher Universität Göttingen
Abstract

Re­con­vic­tions are in­vest­ig­ated for all per­sons ju­di­cially con­victed in Ger­many. In­form­a­tion is col­lec­ted on the type of of­fense, the type and amount of sanc­tion, pos­sible pre­vi­ous con­vic­tions, the re­gion in which the of­fense took place, and so­cio-demo­graph­ic char­ac­ter­ist­ics of the of­fend­er such as age and gender. The study based on data from the Federal Register of Criminal Records (Bundeszentralregister) aims to establish a permanent reconviction statistics for Germany.
Keywords offense recidivism reconviction sanction