Program Overview

University Program Information

The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz offers a program in criminology, criminal and medical law, juvenile criminal and penal law, led by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hauke ​​Brettel.

Program Description

The program focuses on criminology, criminal law, and medical law, with a special emphasis on juvenile justice and prison law. The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of criminology and criminal law.

Course Offerings

The program includes a range of courses, such as:

• Criminological basics
• Applied Criminology
• Seminar Applied Criminology
• Juvenile criminal law
• Penal law
• Medical criminal law
• Exercise in the compulsory area
• Exercise in the elective area
• Exercise for advanced criminal law
• Doctoral seminar
• Introduction to the criminal justice minor
• AG Criminal Procedure Law for minor students
• Legal basis of expert work (ZiF)
• Interdisciplinary criminal law seminar / psychology in criminal law
• Experts in criminal proceedings
• Interdisciplinary drug criminal law
• Forensic seminar
• ZP Criminal Law III
• Criminal defense
• Tutorial: Examination in the criminal justice major (compulsory area and compulsory elective area criminology)
• Seminar Current Problems of Criminal Law in the Health Care System

Research Areas

The program has several research areas, including:

• Criminologically based intervention
  • Residential group concept KonTrakt
  • Criminologically based social training (KrimST)
  • Respect as Answer and Principle (RAP)
  • Supportive group culture (positive peer culture)
• Defense in the matter of Café Balance, Mainz

##Team Members The program team includes: -Heide Zweier -Dr. Christoph Schallert -Dr. Barbara Horten Schindler -Christian Steffan -Marc Tries

• Johanna Schlager
• Raphael Blum
• Felix Klengel (student employee)
• Katharina Sattler (student employee)
• Katharina Zorn (freelancer)
• Julia Schuler (freelancer) -Dr. Sebastian Sobota (freelancer) -Dr. Michael Bernauer (freelancer)
• Patrick Bopp (freelancer)
• Saskia Kerksieck (freelancer) -Dr. Christoph Nickolaus (freelancer)
• Sebastian Töllers (freelancer)
• Jennifer Weimann (freelancer)
• Vincent Werner (freelancer)
• Holger Zahlaus (freelancer)

Former Team Members

The program's former team members include: -Dr. Theresa Bausch -Dr. Barbara Bergman

• Inas Grabus
• Tamara Grossmann -Laura Young -Dr. Katharina Königschulte -Dr. Matthias Rau -Dr. Jannik Rienhoff
• Rebekah Thome
• Larissa Trautmann -Lisa Bayer
• Yannick Ramm
• Marisa Weinand

Additional information

The program also includes a doctoral seminar, where current dissertation projects are presented and discussed. Participation in the seminar is by personal invitation only.