As part of a research project the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony (KFN) examined the phenomenon of “rocker crime” from January 1st, 2017 to December 31st, 2019. Crime phenomena associated with biker groups were examined under the title “rocker crime”. The project was funded by the European Union from… Read more →

The research project “Femicides in Germany” starts on 01.03.2022. An empirical study on femicide, which takes into account the different social contexts and motives for the killings of women, does not yet exist for Germany. There are only research studies that deal with sub-areas of femicide – in particular with… Read more →

As part of the “Cyber Attacks against Companies” project, a second survey of companies with ten or more employees in Germany on the topic of cyber attacks was conducted between July and September 2020. In particular, the survey focused on the development of different types of cyberattacks, their consequences for… Read more →

The research project “Catcalling – Extent and consequences of verbal sexual harassment” starts on 01.07.2021. Catcalling includes sexually connotated behaviors or different types of sexual harassment without physical contact. The aim of the research project is to investigate the extent, forms and consequences of catcalling with the help of an… Read more →

The research report “Perspectives of university students. Results of a survey regarding politics, religion and community within the framework of the project ‘Radicalisation within the digital age‘“ (German: Perspektiven von Studierenden. Ergebnisse einer Befragung zu den Themen Politik, Religion und Gemeinschaft im Rahmen des Projektes „Radikalisierung im digitalen Zeitalter (RadigZ)“)… Read more →