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- Graebsch, C. (2025): Language and Access to Justice for Prisoners. Procedural Justice and Access to Justice for Prisoners. In: Forum Strafvollzug, Issue 1, pp. 17–20.
- Graebsch, C. (2025): “A Better Place”: Experiments for a Better World Without Prisons and Punishment? Six Journeys Along the Abolitionist Path. In: Zabel, B., Singelnstein, T., & Burchard, C. (Eds.), Between Transformation and Abolitionism: Criminal Law and the Diversity of Alternatives, Velbrück Wissenschaft, pp. 124–148. DOI: 10.5771/9783748968740-103.
- Graebsch, C. (2025): Scientific Findings and Criminal Policy: Why Criminal Law Scholars Should Take a Good Look at Themselves. In: Legal Tribune Online, June 18, 2025. Online: https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/evidenzbasierte-kriminalpolitik-strafrecht-kriminologie-wissenschaft-stv/(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2025): Daily gang rapes by asylum seekers? Why the call for evidence-based policy falls short. In: Strafverteidiger 6, p. I. ISSN 0720-1605.
- Hanslmaier, M., Ghanem, C., Graebsch, C., & Lutz, T. (2025): Selective punitiveness among social work students: A longitudinal study. Probation Journal, Issue 4, pp. 383–405. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505251364173(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2025): Have Inmates Forfeited Their Right to Sexuality? A Plea for a Shift in Thinking Regarding Prisoners’ Sexualities. In: Knorr, B., Stöver, H. (Eds.): Sexual Rights and Health in Prison. Nomos, Baden-Baden. pp. 181–203. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748954194-181(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2025): Concealed, Suppressed, and Omnipresent: Dealing with the Sexuality of Those Convicted of Sex Offenses in the Correctional System. In: Knorr, B., Stöver, H. (Eds.): Sexual Rights and Health in Prison. Nomos, Baden-Baden. pp. 161–180. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748954194-161(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2024): BayObLG 203 StObWs 290/23, Oct. 30, 2023, Disciplinary Law in Deportation Detention. In: Strafverteidiger 10, pp. 693–695.
- Graebsch, C. (2024): Preventive Detention, Narrative Identity, and Discursive Discipline with Special Consideration of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Programs in Prisons. Editorial for the special issue. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Issue 4, pp. 273–275. Open Access: https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/download_oa/676ecb92-7c88-4384-ac43-4671ac1b000a(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2024): Empowerment and “Treatment Avatars” in Preventive Detention. On Judicial Review of the Adequacy of the Institution’s Support Services. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Issue 4, pp. 305–324.
- Graebsch, C. & Meyer-Falk, T. (2024): A Conversation on the Experience of Preventive Detention. Kriminologisches Journal, Issue 4, pp. 325–335.
- Graebsch, C. (2024): Procedural Injustice: Legal Protection for Prisoners and Legal Reality. Neue Kriminalpolitik, 36(4), 452–467. https://doi.org/10.5771/0934-9200-2024-4-452
- Graebsch, C. (2024): Discrimination Against Non-German Prisoners and Former Inmates. BAG-S Information Service on Assistance to Offenders, Issue 1, pp. 39–42.
- Graebsch, C. (2024): Crime and Immigration Law—The Interplay Between (Juvenile) Criminal Law and Immigration Law Controls, in: DVJJ (ed.): Right to Youth—100 Years of the Juvenile Court Act, Proceedings of the 32nd German Juvenile Court Conference, September 15–18, 2023, in Berlin, Mönchengladbach: Forum Verlag Godesberg, pp. 197–209.
- Graebsch, C. (2024): Preventive Detention—and No End in Sight? An Interdisciplinary Assessment Based on the Conference of the Same Name Held at Fachhochschule Dortmund (Penal System Archive) from March 5–7, 2024. In: Forum Strafvollzug, Issue 4, pp. 293–298.
- Graebsch, C. (2023): Correctional System and Preventive Detention. From Individualization to Resocialization—and Back Again. In: INDES. Journal of Politics and Society. Issue 4, pp. 7–16. Open Access: https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/media/pdf/2a/ce/db/9783647800400_sample.pdf(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2023): Restorative Justice in the Correctional System? In: TOA Magazine 02/23, pp. 30–33.
- Graebsch, C. (2023): The Correctional System and the Cycle of Poverty. In: Cilip: Civil Rights & Police 133, November 2023, pp. 32–40. Online: https://www.cilip.de/2023/12/05/strafvollzug-und-armutsspirale-ungleich-vor-dem-gesetz-und-nach-dem-urteil/(Opens in a new tab)
- Burkhardt, S.-U. & Graebsch, C. (2023): Aging and the Correctional System: Corresponding Experiences. In: Ghanem, C., Hostettler, U., Wilde, F. (Eds.): Age, Delinquency, and Incarceration. Research and Development in the Criminal Justice System Series. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. pp. 257–285.
- Graebsch, C. (2023): Strengths and Weaknesses of Judicial Protection in Germany. In: Gaëtan Cliquennois (ed.), The Evolving Protection of Prisoners’ Rights, London/New York: Routledge, pp. 98–110.
- Graebsch, C. (2023): Resocialization of Non-German Nationals. In: Heinz Cornel, Christian Ghanem, Gabriele Kawamura-Reindl, Ineke Pruin (eds.): Resozialisierung, 5th ed., Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag, pp. 437–450.
- Graebsch, C. & Knop, J. (2023): Speaking About or With “Convicts”?—Possibilities and Limits of “Convict Criminology” in Germany. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Issue 2, pp. 158–166.
- Graebsch, C. & Ross, J. (2023): In Conversation: Convict Criminology. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Issue 2, pp. 167–174. Open Access: https://content-select.com/de/portal/media/download_oa/645e03de-df28-4db4-9669-70d9ac1b0009(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2023): Deportation Detention for Public Safety. Preventive Corrections for Non-Germans? In: Benjamin Derin et al. (eds.), Fundamental Rights Report. On the State of Civil and Human Rights in Germany, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag, pp. 55–58.
- Graebsch, C. & Storgaard, A. (2023): Prison Leave and Access to Justice: Some Insight into Danish and German Law in Action. In: Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 13(4), pp. 1298–1329. doi: 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1355. Online: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1502(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2023): Commentary on the following provisions in the BeckOK on Prison Law in Saxony, ed. Sönke Gerhold: § 96 Saxon Prison Act (SächsStVollzG) Criminological Research; § 110 Saxon Prison Act (SächsStVollzG) Restriction of Fundamental Rights; § 88 Saxon Juvenile Prison Act (SächsJStVollzG) Criminological Research; § 102 Saxon Juvenile Prison Act (SächsJStVollzG) Restriction of Fundamental Rights; § 97 of the Saxon Prison Act (SächsSVVollzG) – Restriction of Fundamental Rights; § 109 of the Saxon Prison Act (SächsSVVollzG) – Restriction of Fundamental Rights; § 88 of the Saxon Pretrial Detention Act (SächsUHaftVollzG) – Criminological Research; § 89 Saxon Pretrial Detention Act (SächsUHaftVollzG) Restriction of fundamental rights; § 7 Saxon Prison Security Act (SächsJVollzSichG) Restriction of fundamental rights, as of the 20th edition, 2023.
- Graebsch, C. (2023): Commentary on the following provisions in the BeckOK Penitentiary Law of Rhineland-Palatinate (RhPfLJVollzG), Ed.: Sönke Gerhold: § 115 Interference with mobile communications; §§ 116–117 Disciplinary Detention; § 118 Administrative Regulations; § 119 Restriction of Fundamental Rights, since the 19th edition, 2023.
- Graebsch, C. (2023): Commentary on the following provisions in the BeckOK Rhineland-Palatinate Law on the Enforcement of Preventive Detention (RhPfLSVVollzG), ed. Sönke Gerhold: § 105 Interference with Mobile Communications; § 107 Restriction of Fundamental Rights; since the 19th edition, 2023.
- Graebsch, C. (2022): Prisoner Labor, Resocialization, and Recognition. In: Forum Strafvollzug, Issue 4, pp. 264–267.
- Graebsch, C. (2022): Desistance Research, Critical Criminology, and the Practice of Offender Assistance. Editorial for the special issue. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 173–180, Open Access: https://doi.org/10.3262/KJ2203173(Opens in a new tab)
- Fitzgibbon, W., Graebsch, C., & McNeill, F. (2022): The Pervasive Punishment Continuum: The Experience of Non-Custodial Sanctions. In: Journal of Criminology, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 199–218.
- Graebsch, C. & Hofinger, V. (2022): Why Critical Criminologists (Should) Engage with Desistance Research. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 219–226.
- Graebsch, C. & Maruna, S. (2022): Desistance Research and Critical Criminology: A Conversation. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 244–252. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.3262/KJ2203244(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2022): Crimmigration and pre-crime in German law. Connecting the international debate to the German national (legal) context. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 16–35. Open Access: https://www.beltz.de/fachmedien/erziehungswissenschaft/zeitschriften/kriminologisches_journal/artikel/48449-crimmigration-and-pre-crime-in-german-law.html (Opens in a new tab)
- Althoff, M. & Graebsch, C. (2022): Crimmigration: The Convergence of Crime and Migration. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 3–15. Open Access: https://content-select.com/media/moz_viewer/6229d9bf-30a4-41b5-af74-0920b0dd2d03/language:de(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2022): Research in and on the Correctional System: Independent Performance Evaluation or a Closed System? In: Management and Performance Evaluation in the Correctional System. Ed. W. Wirth, Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 401–418.
- Graebsch, C. (2022): Treatment of Inmates in the Correctional System. In: Criminology and Social Work. Edited by: Working Group of University Professors in Criminology/Offender Assistance in Social Work, 2nd ed. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
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- Graebsch, C. (2022): What Works? An Examination of the Possibilities and Limits of Scientifically Based Crime Prevention. In: Criminology and Social Work. Edited by: Working Group of University Professors in Criminology/Offender Rehabilitation in Social Work, 2nd ed. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa. pp. 79–92.
- Cornel, H., Graebsch, C., Höynck, T.; König, A., Lindenberg, M., Mönig, U., Schneider, S., & Trenczek, T. (2022): Attitudes Toward Punishment Among Social Work Students. A Criminological Survey at Seven Universities in Germany. In: Criminology and Social Work. Edited by: Working Group of University Professors in Criminology/Offender Rehabilitation in Social Work, 2nd ed. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa. pp. 93–110.
- Graebsch, C. (2022): Before § 92 of the State Prison Act, § 92 of the State Prison Act: Evaluation, Criminological Research, § 99 of the State Prison Act: Representation of Prisoners’ Interests, § 103 of the State Prison Act: Advisory Board, Foreign Prisoners. All in: Feest, Johannes/ Lesting, Wolfgang/ Lindemann, Michael (eds.): Prison Laws. Commentary, 8th ed. Hürth: Carl Heymanns Verlag/Wolters Kluwer.
- Graebsch, C. (2021): “Crimmigration” with a Focus on Young Male Refugees*. In: Jungenarbeit NRW (ed.): Fokus Fachforen. Somehow Here! Flight – Migration – Masculinities, pp. 6–9. Video: https://mediathek-jugendarbeit.de/crimmigration-mit-blick-auf-gefluechtete-junge-maenner/(Opens in a new tab)
- Feest, J., Graebsch, C., & Schorsch, M. (2021): COVID-19 in the Criminal Justice and Correctional Systems. In: vorgänge, Journal of Civil Rights and Social Policy, No. 234 [60(2)], pp. 5–20. https://www.humanistische-union.de/publikationen/vorgaenge/234-vorgaenge/publikation/corona-im-justiz-und-massregelvollzug/(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2021): The Correctional System Archive: Prisoner Counseling, Research, and Teaching. In: Forum Strafvollzug, Issue 5, pp. 316–317.
- Graebsch, C. (2021): Keyword: Criminal Law, Punishment; Keyword: Correctional System. Both in: Kreft/Mielenz Dictionary of Social Work, eds.: Ralph-Christian Amthor, Brigitta Goldberg, Peter Hansbauer, Benjamin Landes, Theresia Wintergerst, 9th ed., Weinheim and Basel: Beltz Juventa, pp. 895–897 and 897–899.
- Ghanem, C. & Graebsch, C. (2021): Desistance-Oriented Social Work in Probation Services. In: Probation Services. Theory and Practice of a Field of Social Work, Eds.: Heinz Cornel & Gabriele Kawamura-Reindl, Weinheim and Basel: Beltz Juventa, pp. 132–144.
- Graebsch, C. & von Borstel, M. (2021): Impending Deportation: Options for Action and Legal Protection. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Cornel, H., Graebsch, C., Höynck, T., König, A., Lindenberg, M., König, A., Schneider, S., & Trenczek, T. (2021): Punitive Attitudes Among Social Work Students. A Criminological Survey at Seven Universities in Germany. In: Neue Kriminalpolitik, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 222–238.
- Graebsch, C. (2021): Social Exclusion through the Penal System and Other Crime-Related Forms of Confinement. In: Handbook on Social Exclusion and Social Work, eds. Roland Anhorn & Johannes Stehr. Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 1125–1140.
- Graebsch, C. & Schorsch, M. (2021): Police Risk Assessment Manuals in (Juvenile) Criminal Proceedings. In: Journal of Juvenile Criminal Law and Youth Welfare, Issue 1, pp. 26–31.
- Schorsch, M. & Graebsch, C. (2020): GERMANY - Covid-19 Reveals Substantial Problems in the German Prison System. In: ANTIGONE, Year XV, No. 1: Have Prisons Learned from Covid-19? How the World Has Reacted to the Pandemic Behind Bars, pp. 47–53. https://www.antigone.it/rivista-archivio/Rivista_Anno_XV_N1/06_Germany.pdf(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2020): Criminal Migration in German Law. In: Grafl et al. (eds.), “Tell Me, How Do You Feel About Criminology?”—Criminology in Dialogue with Its Neighboring Disciplines, Mönchengladbach: Verlag Godesberg, pp. 697–714.
- Graebsch, C. (2020): Crime and Migration at the Intersection of Police and Immigration Law. Pre-crime, Ban-Opticon, and Preventive Detention. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 176–187.
- Ghanem, C. & Graebsch, C. (2020): “Desistance from Crime”—Theoretical Perspectives on Desistance from Criminality. In: D. Deimel & T. Köhler (Eds.): Delinquency and Social Work: Prevention – Counseling – Resocialization. A Textbook for Study and Practice. Lengerich: Pabst, pp. 61–75.
- Graebsch, C. (2020): The Professor’s Costume. In: J. Reuter, M. Gamper, C. Möller & F. Blome (Eds.): From Working-Class Child to Professorship. Social Mobility in Academia. Bielefeld: transcript, pp. 193–206.
- Graebsch, C.; von Borstel, M., Kämper, T. (2020): Analysis of the “Guide for Inmates, Former Inmates, and Their Families” from the Perspective of Immigration Law, Eds.: Federal Working Group for Assistance to Offenders, das medienhaus, pp. 1–206, especially 22–29; 79–83. https://www.bag-s.de/materialien/wegweiser(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. & Schorsch, M. (2019): Prison Deradicalization Strategies, Programs, and Risk Assessment Tools in Germany. Rome: European Prison Observatory. Online: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g5XkOXBIjwle-ri3nnmauCCQtmSlFyl9/view(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. & Schorsch, M. (2019): Evaluation of prison deradicalization practices and risk assessment tools in Germany. Rome: European Prison Observatory. Online: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LNm-I0sOf3De1g148unYKFVqwD6cmYXv/view(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2019): “Ueli Hostettler, Irene Marti, Marina Richter: End of Life in the Correctional System. Prisoners, Institutions, Authorities” (Review). In: Kriminologisches Journal, Issue 4, pp. 320–324.
- Graebsch, C. (2019): “Crimigration: The Intertwining of Criminal Law and Immigration Law Controls, with Special Consideration of ‘Pre-Crime’ Legislation for ‘Dangerous Individuals’ In: Criminology—The Online Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 75–102. https://www.kriminologie.de/index.php/krimoj/article/view/9(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2019): Legal Foundations: On Patronizing Protection, Precarious Coming-of-Age, and Crimmigrant Bodies. In: K. Nowacki & S. Remiorz (Eds.), Young Refugees in Youth Welfare: Opportunities and Challenges of Integration (pp. 7–24). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
- Graebsch, C. (2019): No Prison?! – On the Abolition of Prisons (Review). In: BAG-S Information Service on Assistance for Offenders, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 62–65. https://bag-s.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Infodienst_1-2019_fuer_Infodienst.pdf(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2019): Focus on Desistance and the Correctional System. On Ending Phases of Life Characterized by Delinquency. In: Forum Strafvollzug, Issue 2, pp. 39–43.
- Graebsch, C. (2019): Those Who Threaten the Rule of Law and the European Convention on Human Rights. From Preventive Detention and “Unsound Mind” to Pre-Crime Detention? In: I. Goeckenjan, J. Puschke, & T. Singelnstein (Eds.), For the Cause—Criminal Sciences from an Independent Perspective. Festschrift for Ulrich Eisenberg on His 80th Birthday (pp. 312–325). Berlin: Dunker & Humblot.
- Graebsch, C. (2019): On the Legal Theory of Drug Prohibition. In: R. Feustel, H. Schmidt-Semisch, & U. Bröckling (Eds.), Handbook of Drugs from a Social and Cultural Sciences Perspective, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, pp. 367–379.
- Graebsch, C., Decarpes, P., & Lederer, C. (2018): Research Project EUPRETRIALRIGHTS. Improving the Protection of Fundamental Rights and Access to Legal Aid for Pretrial Detainees in the European Union. Empirical Study: The Actors of Legal Protection, Their Professional Practices, and the Use of Law in Detention. Report on Germany. Fachhochschule Dortmund. http://www.prisonlitigation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/WP3-national-report-DE.pdf
- Graebsch, C. (2018): “Evidence-Based Criminal Sanctions—Opportunities, Risks, and Side Effects” In: Walsh, Maria/Pniewski, Benjamin/Kober, Marcus/Armborst, Andreas (Eds.): Evidence-Based Crime Prevention in Germany. A Guide for Policy and Practice. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2018, pp. 205–235.
- Graebsch, C. (2018): “Risk-Oriented Versus Desistance-Oriented Approaches in Offender Rehabilitation: On the International Academic Debate and the Situation in the United Kingdom.” In: BAG-S Information Service on Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 26, Issue 2, pp. 29–35. https://www.bag-s.de/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/Infodienst/Infodienst_2-2018_fuer_Homepage.pdf(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2018): Offender-Victim Mediation in the Correctional System. In: TOA Magazine, No. 02/August 2018, pp. 32–33.
- Graebsch, C. (2018): Reintegration for Non-German Nationals. In: Cornel, Heinz/ Kawamura-Reindl, Gabriele/ Sonnen, Bernd Rüdeger (eds.): Resocialization: A Handbook, Nomos, 4th ed. 2018, pp. 433–448.
- Graebsch, C. (2018): What Works? Who Cares? Evidence-Based Crime Prevention and the Reality of Juvenile Crime Policy. In: Dollinger, Bernd/ Schmidt-Semisch, Henning (eds.): Handbook of Juvenile Delinquency, Springer VS, 3rd ed. 2018, pp. 197–216.
- Graebsch, C. (2018): Law and Legal Reality in the Juvenile Correctional System. In: Dollinger, Bernd/Schmidt-Semisch, Henning (eds.): Handbook of Juvenile Delinquency, Springer VS, 3rd ed. 2018, pp. 689–709.
- Graebsch, C., Burkhardt, S.-U. (2017): Authors’ Comments on the Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of July 24, 2017 (2 BvR 1487/17). In: Information Bulletin on Immigration Law, Issue 11/12, pp. 436–437.
- Graebsch, C. (2017): Goffman, Erving: Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Psychiatric Patients and Other Inmates. In: Schlepper, Christina/Wehrheim, Jan (eds.): Key Works in Critical Criminology, Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, pp. 118–129.
- Graebsch, C. (2017): Precrime and the Correctional System. The Right to Resocialization and the Situation of Inmates in Prognosis-Based Release. In: Kritische Justiz, Issue 2, pp. 166–175.
- Graebsch, C. (2017): Supervisible. Experiencing Probation and Supervision in Germany. In: Howard League for Penal Reform. Briefing paper. https://howardleague.org/publications/supervisible-experiencing-probation-and-supervision-in-germany/(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2017): Observed, but Not Noticed. Report on the Photovoice Study SUPERVISIBLE with People Under Criminal Supervision. In: Forum Strafvollzug, Issue 2, pp. 133–138.
- Fitzgibbon, W., Graebsch, C., McNeill, F. (2017): Pervasive Punishment: Experiencing Supervision. In: Brown, Michelle/ Carrabine, Eamonn (eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Visual Criminology, pp. 305–319.
- Graebsch, C. (2016): Foreign Prisoners. In: Feest, Johannes/ Lesting, Wolfgang/ Lindemann, Michael (eds.): Prison Laws. Commentary, 7th ed. Carl Heymanns Verlag/Wolters Kluwer, 2016.
- Graebsch, C. (2016): Teach the Teacher. Guide to Teaching Newly Arrived Students in the Vocational Education System: Information and Assistance for Vocational Schools, Part II: Immigration Law, Cornelsen Verlag, pp. 67–109.https://www.cornelsen.de/products/teach-the-teacher-guide-to-teaching-newly-immigrated-students-in-the-vocational-education-system-information-and-support-for-vocational-schools-pdf-download-9783064514164(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2016): § 92 LandesR: Evaluation, Criminological Research. In: Feest, Johannes/ Lesting, Wolfgang/ Lindemann, Michael (Eds.): Penitentiary Laws. Commentary, 7th edition. Carl Heymanns Verlag/Wolters Kluwer, 2016.
- Graebsch, C. (2016): § 99 LandesR: Representation of Prisoners’ Interests. In: Feest, Johannes/ Lesting, Wolfgang/ Lindemann, Michael (eds.): Penitentiary Laws. Commentary, 7th edition. Carl Heymanns Verlag/Wolters Kluwer, 2016.
- Graebsch, C. (2016): § 103 LandesR: Advisory Board. In: Feest, Johannes/ Lesting, Wolfgang/ Lindemann, Michael (eds.): Correctional Laws. Commentary, 7th edition. Carl Heymanns Verlag/Wolters Kluwer, 2016.
- Graebsch, C., Fitzgibbon, W. (2016): Brexit: The Consequences for Innovative Criminological Research. In: British Society of Criminology Newsletter, No. 78, Summer 2016, pp. 9–14. https://www.britsoccrim.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Fitzgibbon_Graebsch-bscn78.pdf (Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2016): Patronized and Vulnerable? The Living Conditions of Unaccompanied Minor Refugees (UMFs) in Light of the New Legal Situation. In: Sozialmagazin, 1st Special Issue, pp. 87–99.
- Graebsch, C. (2016): Health-Promoting Treatment of Male and Female Offenders in the Correctional System? Risks, Side Effects, and Potential Benefits of Health-Related Approaches in Prison. In: Ochmann, Nadine/ Schmidt-Semisch, Henning/ Temme, Gaby (eds.): Healthy Justice. Reflections on a Health-Promoting Legal System, Springer VS, pp. 23–66.
- Graebsch, C. (2016): Prisoner Co-Responsibility—Advocacy for Prisoners? In: Forum Strafvollzug, Issue 1, pp. 20–24.
- Graebsch, C., Burkhardt, S.-U. (2015): Relatively Humane? Non-Custodial Sanctions as an Alternative to Imprisonment from a European Perspective, Wiesbaden, VS Springer. Open Access: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-08965-8 (Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2015): Legal Counseling for Inmates in Juvenile Detention. In: Journal of Juvenile Criminal Law and Youth Welfare (ZJJ), Issue 4, pp. 363–368.
- Graebsch, C. (2015): Limits to Prisoners’ Rights and Unlimited Supervision. In: *Imprisonment: Identity, Experience, and Practice*, eds. Rose Ricciardelli and Katharina Maier, Interdisciplinary Press (Oxford, UK), pp. 107–126.
- Graebsch, C., Burkhardt, S.-U. (2014): Reform of the North Rhine-Westphalia Penitentiary Act: Do Not Pit Reintegration Against Victim Protection. In: Legal Tribune Online, May 30, 2014. https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/reform-strafvollzugsgesetz-nrw-reintegration-opferschutz/(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2014): Review dated March 6, 2014, of: Sarah Elena Hausmann: Conferences in the Correctional System. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 2012. In: socialnet Reviews, ISSN 2190-9245, 2014. https://www.socialnet.de/rezensionen/16565.php (Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2014): Oversight of the Correctional System through Independent Monitoring and the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. In: Forum Strafvollzug, Issue 6, pp. 390–396.
- Graebsch, C., Burkhardt, S.-U. (2014): Ambulant Sanctions as an Alternative to Imprisonment in the European Union. Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia, 2014. https://csd.bg/publications/publication/ambulant-sanctions-as-an-alternative-to-imprisonment-in-the-european-union/(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2014): What Works? An Examination of the Possibilities and Limits of Scientifically Based Crime Prevention. In: Criminology and Social Work: A Textbook, Edited by: Working Group of University Professors in Criminology/Offender Rehabilitation in Social Work, Weinheim and Basel, pp. 85–100.
- Graebsch, C. (2013): Deportation from Custody and Drug Dependence. In: P. Kotz & J. Rahlf (Eds.): Practice of Narcotics Criminal Law. Cologne, pp. 1593 ff.
- Graebsch, C. (2013): Excursus: Drug-Dependent Individuals in Police Custody. In: P. Kotz & J. Rahlf (Eds.): Practice of Narcotics Criminal Law. Cologne, pp. 1560 ff.
- Graebsch, C. (2013): Narcotics Offenders in the Correctional System. In: P. Kotz & J. Rahlf (eds.): Practice of Narcotics Criminal Law. Cologne, p. 1253 ff.
- Graebsch, C., Burkhardt, S.-U. (2013): Up to 20 Years in Solitary Confinement: Inhumane Prison Conditions in Germany? In: Legal Tribune Online, Oct. 9, 2013. https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/isolationshaft-haftbedingungen-untersuchungshaft-menschenrechte/ (Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2013): Legal Counseling for Prisoners as a Legal Clinic—Presentation of a Practical Project at the University of Bremen That Has Existed for Over 30 Years. In: studere—Law Journal of the University of Potsdam, Issue 11, pp. 64–69.
- Graebsch, C., Burkhardt, S.-U. (2012): Reform of State Prison Laws: Prisoners Must Be Able to Sue to Enforce Their Rights. In: Legal Tribune Online, May 25, 2012. https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/reform-der-strafvollzugsgesetze-der-laender-gefangene-muessen-ihre-rechte-einklagen-koennen/(Opens in a new tab)
- Feest, J., Graebsch, C. (2012): Sections 160–165 (Prison Advisory Boards). In: J. Feest & W. Lesting (eds.): Commentary on the Prison Act (6th ed.). Cologne 2012: Carl Heymanns Verlag.
- Feest, J., Graebsch, C. (2012): Excursus on Section 175 (Foreign Nationals in Criminal and Deportation Detention). In: J. Feest & W. Lesting (eds.): Commentary on the Prison Act (6th ed.). Cologne 2012: Carl Heymanns Verlag.
- Graebsch, C. (2011): Deported into Tolerated Status—Expelled from the Law? The Additional Consequences of Being Suspected of a Criminal Offense for Non-EU Citizens. In: A. Pilgram, L. Böllinger, M. Jasch, S. Krasmann, C. Prittwitz, H. Reinke, D. Rzepka (eds.): Uniform Law for Cultural Diversity? Criminal Law and Criminology in the Age of Transcultural Societies and Transnational Law. Münster, pp. 315–330.
- Graebsch, C. (2011): Deportation—Double Punishment for Foreigners. In: T. Müller-Heidelberg, U. Finckh, E. Steven, M. Pelzer, M. Heiming, M. Kutscha, R. Gössner, U. Engelfried & P. Hase (eds.): Fundamental Rights Report 2011. Berlin, pp. 201–205.
- Graebsch, C. (2011): Prevention for Prisoners? Reflections on the State of Existing Prevention Mechanisms for Protecting Prisoners from Violence, Using the Examples of Deportation Detention and Police Custody. In: J. Puschke (ed.): The Penitentiary System in Germany. Structural Deficits, Need for Reform, and Alternatives. Berlin, pp. 157–178.
- Graebsch, C. (2011): Legal Counseling for Prisoners in Bremen: Clinical Legal Education for More Than 30 Years. In: S. Baron, S. Hähnchen & F. Jost (eds.): Practical Jurisprudence. Hamburg, pp. 147 ff.
- Graebsch, C. (2011): Punitiveness in Immigration Law for Migrants—An Assessment from a Legal Perspective. In: B. Dollinger & H. Schmidt-Semisch (eds.): Just Exclusion? Welfare Production and the New Pleasure in Punishment. Wiesbaden, pp. 281–296.
- Graebsch, C. (2010): What Works? – Nothing Works? – Who Cares? “Evidence-Based Criminal Policy” and the Reality of Juvenile Criminal Policy. In: B. Dollinger & H. Schmidt-Semisch (Eds.): Handbook of Juvenile Delinquency. Criminology and (Social) Pedagogy in Dialogue. Wiesbaden, pp. 137–147.
- Graebsch, C. (2009): “Evidence-Based Crime Prevention”: Significance, Possibilities, and Limits of a Crime Prevention Policy Based on Experimental Research. Online publication accompanying the dissertation, University of Bremen. https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/2735?locale=de(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2009): Police Custody, Deportation Detention, and Medical Care: Current Situation and Perspectives. In: akzept e.V., Deutsche Aidshilfe e.V., Scientific Institute of German Physicians (WIAD) (Eds.): Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Health Promotion in Detention, April 16–17, 2009, in Vienna, pp. 143–150. http://www.gesundinhaft.eu/wp-content/uploads/Gesundheitsförderung-in-Haft-2009-1.pdf
- Graebsch, C. (2009): The Legislator as a Dangerous Repeat Offender. Empirical Findings on Crime Prevention and Crime Prediction in the Law on Preventive Detention and in Deportation under Immigration Law. In: H. E. Müller, G. M. Sander & H. Válkova (Eds.): Festschrift for Ulrich Eisenberg on His 70th Birthday. Munich, pp. 725–740.
- Graebsch, C. (2009): Medical Care in Police Custody. In: K. Keppler & H. Stöver (Eds.): Prison Medicine. Medical Care under Conditions of Detention. Stuttgart, et al., pp. 52–55.
- Graebsch, C. (2009): Criminal Law Issues Regarding the Medical Treatment of Undocumented Migrants: Humanitarian Aid Caught Between Medical Duties and Suspicions of Aiding and Abetting Under Immigration Law. In: C. Falge, A. Fischer-Lescano & K. Sieveking (Eds.): Health in Illegality. Rights of People Without Residency Status. Baden-Baden, pp. 161–181.
- Graebsch, C. (2008): Evidence-Based Crime Prevention? Problems of Transferability Between Medicine and Criminology. In: ipp-info, Issue 06, p. 6
- Graebsch, C., Burkhardt, S.-U. (2008): Legal Issues Regarding Substitution Therapy and Incarceration. In: H. Stöver, Aids-Forum DAH (eds.): Substitution Therapy in Prison. Berlin, pp. 49–65.
- Graebsch, C. (2008): Deportation Detention—Abolitionist Perspectives and Realities. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Issue 1, pp. 32–41.
- Graebsch, C., Burkhardt, S.-U. (2008): The Approach to Macro-Crime under International Criminal Law: Contradictions and Alternatives Based on Selected Examples. In: C. Prittwitz, L. Böllinger, M. Jasch, S. Krasmann & H. Peters (Eds.): Crime Among the Powerful. Baden-Baden, pp. 212–235.
- Graebsch, C., Burkhardt, S.-U. (2008): MIVEA—Is It All Just Cosmetic? In: Strafverteidiger, Issue 6, pp. 327–331.
- Graebsch, C. (2008): Preventive Detention in Juvenile Criminal Law. In: Journal of Juvenile Criminal Law and Youth Welfare, Issue 3, pp. 284–287.
- Graebsch, C. (2007): Compatibility Issues Between Experimental Research and the Legal Decision-Making Process. In: F. Lösel, D. Bender & J.-M. Jehle (Eds.): Criminology and Knowledge-Based Criminal Policy: Developmental and Evaluation Research (Publications of the New Criminological Society, Vol. 110). Mönchengladbach, pp. 193–204. http://idb.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/opendigi/NKS_2007_110(Opens in a new tab)
- Graebsch, C. (2007): Deportation Law Today: Exclusion from the Law Reserved? In: S. Dauks & E. Schöck-Quinteros (Eds.): Grounds for Deportation: The “Nuisance Foreigner.” Deportations from Bremen in the 1920s. Bremen, pp. 139–142.
- Graebsch, C. (2007): Two in One? The Legal Construction of the Migrant Prostitute Between Perpetrator and Victim. In: C. Künzel & G. Temme (Eds.): Perpetrators and/or Victims? Women in Structures of Violence. Hamburg, pp. 141–157.
- Graebsch, C. (2006): Prisoners Do Not Help Youth—So Who Does? On the International State of Evaluation of Prison Confrontation Programs Modeled After “Scared Straight”—and Criminal Policy That Runs Contrary to the Findings. In: Neue Kriminalpolitik 2006, Issue 2, pp. 46–52.
- Graebsch, C., Burkhardt, S.-U. (2006): MIVEA – Young Care? A risk assessment procedure for all age groups, or merely a cosmetic measure? In: Journal of Juvenile Criminal Law and Youth Welfare, Issue 2, pp. 140–147.
- Graebsch, C. (2006): Isn’t Prison Cool? On the Doubtful Effectiveness of Prison Visitation Programs In: Journal of Corrections and Offender Assistance, 2006, pp. 161–164.
- Graebsch, C., Schäfer, M., Bruns, M. (2005): The Association for Legal Aid: Free Counseling for Inmates and Practice-Oriented Legal Education. In: S.-U. Burkhardt, C. Graebsch & H. Pollähne (Eds.): Correspondence on Correctional Systems, Legal Cultures, Criminal Policy, and Human Rights. Münster, pp. 265–275.
- Graebsch, C. (2005): Evidence-Based Crime Prevention? An Examination of a Crime Policy Based on Experimental Research Designs in Police Responses to Domestic Violence. Hamburg Institute for Criminological Social Research, 2005.
- Burkhardt, S.-U., Graebsch, C., Pollähne, H. (Eds.) (2005): Correspondences on Correctional Systems, Legal Cultures, Criminal Policy, and Human Rights. Münster 2005.
- Graebsch, C. (2005): Insight from Outside: Visits to Women’s Prisons in London and Vechta. In: C. Graebsch, S.-U. Burkhardt & H. Pollähne (Eds.): Correspondence on Correctional Systems, Legal Cultures, Criminal Policy, and Human Rights. Münster, pp. 56–67.
- Graebsch, C. (2005): “Evidence-Based Crime Prevention”: Principles and Practical Examples of a Medical Model of Criminal Policy. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Issue 4, pp. 266–283.
- Graebsch, C. (2002): Medical Experiments on Prisoners and Other Non-Consenting Participants. Notes for a Context-Oriented Ethical Debate and Some Questions from a Criminological Perspective. In: J. C. Joerden & J. N. Neumann (Eds.): Studies on Ethics in East Central Europe: Medical Ethics 3. Frankfurt am Main, pp. 153–199.
- Graebsch, C. (2000): Experiments in Criminal Law. In: Bremen Institute for Criminal Policy (ed.): Experiments in Criminal Law, Bremen, pp. 8–33.
- Graebsch, C. (2000): Legal Issues of Randomized Experiments on Sanctioning. In: *Crime and Delinquency*, Vol. 46, No. 2, April 2000, pp. 271–282.
- Graebsch, C. (2000): An Overview of the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment and the SARP Replication Program. In: Bremen Institute for Criminal Policy (ed.): Experiments in Criminal Law. Bremen, pp. 56–60.
- Graebsch, C. (1999): Between Individual Case Assistance, Public Outreach, and System Stabilization. The Work of the Ostertor Asylum Group and the Problems Associated with It. In: Mühsam-Magazin, Issue 7, pp. 89–98.
- Graebsch, C. (1998): Deportation as Punishment, or: The Law’s Divided View of Drug Dealers. In: B. Paul & H. Schmidt-Semisch (Eds.): Drug Dealers: Perspectives on a Disreputable Trade. Freiburg im Breisgau, pp. 109–123.
- Graebsch, C. (1994): Symposium on the Reform of Sexual Offenses Law. In: Kriminologisches Journal, Issue 2, pp. 138–143.
Curriculum Vitae
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Member of the editorial board and in the editorial circle of the Criminological Journal(Opens in a new tab) |
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Board member of the Society for Interdisciplinary Scientific Criminology e.V(Opens in a new tab) , Chairwoman of the board since 2021 |
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Chairwoman of the Legal Clinic Dortmund e.V(Opens in a new tab) . association |
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Head of the Prison Archive(Opens in a new tab) at the Fachhochschule Dortmund |
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Lecturer at the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, continuing education master's program in Criminology, module Control Policy II: Criminal Justice and Corrections |
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Chairwoman of the examination board at the Faculty of Applied Social Studies at Fachhochschule Dortmund |
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University lecturer for social work law, Fachhochschule Dortmund |
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Law firm together with lawyer Dr. Sven-U. Burkhardt until 2011 in Bremen-Vegesack Since then part-time with office in Dortmund |
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Lecturer at the University of Bremen until today: Course "Legal advice for prisoners as a legal clinic" |
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Since 1991 |
Member of the Association for Legal Aid in the Prison System of the State of Bremen e.V. Member of the board since 2003 |
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Doctorate (Dr. jur.), University of Bremen |
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2nd state examination in law, Bremen |
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Diploma in Criminology, University of Hamburg |
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1994 |
1st state examination in law, Bremen |
Current articles on the penal system
Other scientific activity
will follow shortly
Research
Finished research projects
Lectures
Presentations in chronological order
will follow shortly
Teaching
Seminars winter semester 2022/2023
BA preparatory and accompanying seminar (W13.1 + dual)
Comment:
The course serves to prepare and accompany the Bachelor's thesis. It should only be taken if you have already started to think about a possible topic or are at least considering the choice of topic. However, the work does not have to be any further advanced.
The course covers all formal and content-related questions that may arise in the course of preparing and writing a Bachelor's thesis. In the seminar, students present their plans for the Bachelor's thesis, whereby this can take place at very different stages. A point in time should be chosen at which it makes sense for the students themselves to receive support. On the basis of the projects presented by students, (general) questions of scientific work in the context of a thesis are discussed.
The seminar is open to all students, regardless of the planned subject area of their Bachelor's thesis. However, projects in the areas of prisons, offender support, criminology and migration law can be supported in terms of content.
Students must register for the examination, although there is no examination as such and no grade. A "pass" is recorded if students have presented their Bachelor's thesis project at least once in the seminar.
Literature:
Bieker, Rudolf (2016): Studying social work: Leitfaden für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Studienorganisation, Kohlhammer Verlag.
Kotthaus, Jochem (2014): FAQ Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten für Studierende der Sozialen Arbeit, Verlag Barbara Budrich.
Prisons: Law, reality and social work as a human rights profession / continued in SoSe 23 / K11 A
Commentary:
In this course, the legal framework of the penal system and the penitentiary system is developed. Students will also deal with sociological and criminological findings about prisons and their effects. In addition, students will gather experiences in real personal contact with prisoners, which will give them an impression of the reality of imprisonment from the prisoners' point of view. The course will explore the possibilities and limitations of social work as a human rights profession in the context of the total institution.
Contents:
The course also includes a bilingual course (English) on "Prisoners in Transfer" (2 SWS). This part deals with the cross-border enforcement of custodial sentences, including probation, and deals in particular with transfers within the European Union and deportations from prison. In this part of the module, the reading of English-language texts is mandatory. If foreign Erasmus students without any knowledge of German take part in the course, the course itself will also be held in English. Participation in this part of the course is also compulsory. However, we will organize the grading of the module in a way that can be independent of this.
Learning objectives:
- Understanding the specific field of offender support and social work in this (coercive) context
- Insight into total institutions
- Gain access to a specific target group of social work
- Learning how to conduct your own conversations
- Accepting the confrontation with emerging content and questions
- Adopting your own professional stance in a politically contested field
- Recognize the human rights profession as a framework for professional behavior as well as problems and limits
Recommended prerequisite:
- Good knowledge of English
Professional prerequisites:
- Prior knowledge of criminal law/criminology (in particular W 05.2 Criminal sanctions), possibly also on counseling in coercive contexts is desirable
- Personal skills: No reservations in dealing with prisoners
- Willingness to undergo security checks
Examinations to be taken
- Summer semester: Oral examination consisting of: Case simulations (20 min) and subsequent reflection discussion (10 min)
- Creation and submission of a case file to document performance over both semesters
Juvenile Criminology and Juvenile Criminal Law (Master Seminar Module 2)
Comment:
Master Seminar, Module 2
Legal Clinic Migration Law (W10)
Comment:
The course takes place in cooperation with lawyer Tim Kämper and in connection with his course for the dual BA as well as in cooperation with the association "Legal Clinic Dortmund e.V.".
The course accompanies the counseling in the migration law Legal Clinic. In a "Legal Clinic", students offer independent legal advice in practice, but with close legal support. This counseling takes place in migration law, occasionally other areas of law are also included, in particular social law.
Prior knowledge of migration law is therefore required. If such knowledge is not available, it must be acquired with considerable effort. Since the latter represents a disproportionate effort for the sub-module, this is only recommended if there is great interest in the topic and/or if several sub-modules are taken in the Legal Clinic, but is then gladly supported.
In the course, knowledge of currently relevant topics of migration law is imparted by working on current individual cases. Students will be able to work independently on a real case from the Legal Clinic. An elaboration on such a case is also part of the examination. The examination form is a performance examination.
Whether physical participation in the weekly legal clinic is possible as planned depends on how the pandemic develops. If counseling is possible, it will take place on Wednesdays from 3.50 to 5.20 pm. Alternatively, participation in contactless counseling may be considered. If both cannot be realized to the necessary extent, cases from counseling are reported in the course and then given to students for processing.
By participating in the Legal Clinic, a sub-module of W10 or several W10 sub-modules can be completed over the course of several semesters, but only one per semester. Students can choose which sub-module of W10 the course is to be credited to.
Literature:
Graebsch, Christine & von Borstel, Martin (2021): Threatening deportation: Options for action and legal protection. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Supervision of research and master's theses
will follow shortly