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Grappling with uncertainties is at the heart of investigating serious crime. At a time when such crime is becoming more complex and resources are increasingly stretched, this book draws together research and practice perspectives to review fruitful approaches to uncertainties and to chart the way forward. Scene setting chapters describe the consequences of globalisation and the spread of sophisticated information technologies (Sue Wilkinson), as well as advances in understanding and managing uncertainty (Michael Smithson). Ways of enhancing responses from statistics (Robyn Attewell), risk analysis (Richard Jarrett and Mark Westcott) and the psychology of decision making (Mark Kebbell, Damon Muller and Kirsty Martin) follow. These are complemented by insights from law (the Hon. Tim Carmody SC), politics (the Hon. Carmen Lawrence) and business (Neil Fargher), which all have significant intersections with policing. Synthesis is provided by the four final chapters which present the outlooks of the investigating officer and investigation manager (Peter Martin), the provider of policing higher education (Tracey Green and Greg Linsdell), the capacity-building consultant (Steve Longford), and the leader of a law enforcement agency (Alastair Milroy).

australia --- criminal justice --- criminal law --- criminal investigation --- criminal evidence

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En este libro presentamos los textos cuya autoría pertenece a quienes han ofrecido módulos temáticos o clases magistrales en la Segunda y en la Tercera Escuela de Verano desarrollada por el Centro de Estudios de Derecho Penal y Procesal Penal Latinoamericano (CEDPAL) de la Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Los aportes se han agrupado de acuerdo a dos únicas categorías: En la primera parte, titulada Ciencias criminales en y desde Alemania, se ubican textos escritos desde la teoría, normativa y jurisprudencia alemanas, dedicados específicamente a problemáticas de este contexto. En la segunda parte, denominada Ciencias criminales: diálogos entre Alemania y el resto del mundo, se agrupan aquellos trabajos en los que las ciencias criminales si bien son trabajadas desde el contexto alemán tienen por objeto las interrelaciones culturales e internacionales y el diálogo entre distintas tradiciones jurídico-penales. Finalmente, se destacan dos breves homenajes dedicados a los Profesores Winfried Hassemer y Horst Schüler-Springorum. Tanto la compilación presentada, como la estructura a partir de la cual se desarrolla la misma, reflejan de forma certera el espíritu de la Escuela de Verano, pensada tanto para difundir el estado actual de las ciencias criminales alemanas, como para construir un puente de intercambio y apertura académica con juristas hispano- y lusoparlantes.

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In September 2018 the criminal law section of the 72nd Deutscher Juristentag (DJT, “German Assembly of Jurists”) debated the question “Sentencing Guidelines vs. Free Judicial Discretion – Is German Sentencing Law in Need of Reform?” Despite the expert opinion provided by Johannes Kaspar and the accompanying scholarly commentaries, ensuing proposals for fundamental reform met with rejection. The comparative perspective was limited to the US Federal sentencing guidelines. The intention of this volume is therefore, on the one hand, to draw a more nuanced picture of Anglo-American sentencing law focusing on three legal systems (England/Wales, USA and Canada) accompanied by commentaries from a German perspective; on the other hand, we want to make the German perspective (better) known within the Anglo-American legal world by reproducing important DJT documents in English language. To ensure the widest possible distribution we opted for a bilingual open access publication.

criminal law --- criminal justice --- sentencing

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The speeches documented here were held at an academic commemoration ceremony at the University of Hamburg on 6 February 2003 in honour of Prof. Eberhard Schmidhäuser.

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This book contains some of the papers that were presented at the first meeting of the newly formed African Expert Study Group on International Criminal Law / Groupe des Experts Africaines en Droit Pénal International held in September 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. The group was established under the auspices of the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue (hereinafter ‘MDPD’) and the Rule of Law programme of the German Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (‘KAS’) in 2010 modeled on the successful sister group in Latin America. This latter group was originally founded as an expert group to monitor the implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (‘ICC’) in Latin America within the framework of cooperation between KAS’ regional Rule of Law Programme and the Department for Foreign and International Law of the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in 2002. The newly formed African group consists of judicial experts with both academic and practical background from various parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. The importance of such a group for the African continent cannot be overestimated. Africa plays a vital role in international criminal law and justice, both as an active player at the ICC and at the regional and national level. As for the group’s composition and outreach, the aim is to broaden regional representation and further consolidate membership. In 2012, the group will meet in Nairobi, Kenya to deal with topics surrounding the ‘Potential for the domestic prosecution of international crimes in Africa.’ Topics for future meetings abound given the multi-faceted African legal and political practice regarding international criminal justice in general and the ICC in particular. The group should in particular monitor the recent international or transnational criminal justice developments at the regional African level as well as relevant national developments. (Excerpt from the introduction by Kai Ambos)

Rome Statute --- Criminal Justice --- International Criminal Court