From April 2016 to May 2017, the KFN carried out a research project on the phenomenon of transient burglar offenders. Within the scope of the research, 30 interviews were conducted with imprisoned intruders who came to Germany shortly to commit burglaries (so-called traveling offenders) and those who after a short… Read more →
Publications
Research report in project “school surveys” (Lower Saxony Survey)
On April, 20 2017 the KFN-project school surveys released the results of the Lower Saxony Survey 2013 and 2015 in the research report No. 131. In terms of content, it is linked to earlier KFN school surveys. An emphasis is put on investigating the dark field of juvenile criminality, which… Read more →
New article about drug consumption in youth restitution published
In the first edition of the magazine Bewährungshilfe. Soziales – Strafrecht – Kriminalpolitik, Thimna Klatt (KFN) and Dirk Baier (Zurich University of Applied Sciences) have published an article titled Prevalence and Predictors of Drug Consumption in the Youth Penitentiary. For more information about the magazine and ordering options, see http://www.bewhi.de/.
First research report of the prevention and treatment project
The KFN research project Prevention and treatment of substance and non-substance addictions in Lower Saxony has published its first report. It presents the work and results of the first half of the project from July 2015 to October 2016. This period includes the first of a total of three project… Read more →
New publication on behalf of violence in youth penitentiary published
The newest issue of the Journal “Zeitschrift für Jugendkriminalrecht und Jugendhilfe” contains an article from Thimna Klatt and Dirk Baier. The study reviews influencing factors on violent delinquent and victimship on basis of surveys in five penitentiaries. Klatt, T. & Baier, D. (2016): Gewalt im Jugendstrafvollzug: Einflussfaktoren der Opfer- und Täterschaft…. Read more →