Program Overview

Program Overview

The program in Criminology, Criminal and Medical Law, Juvenile Justice and Penal Law at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is led by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hauke ​​Brettel. The program encompasses a wide range of topics related to criminology, criminal law, medical law, juvenile criminal law, and penal execution law.

Course Offerings

The program includes various 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

Specializations

The program offers specializations in:

• Focus studies
• Minor in criminal justice
• ZiF certificate

Research Projects

The program is involved in various research projects, including those led by Dr. Christoph Schallert, such as:

• 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

The program team includes:

• Permanent employees: -Heide Zweier -Dr. Christoph Schallert -Dr. Barbara Horten Schindler -Christian Steffan -Marc Tries
  • Johanna Schlager
  • Raphael Blum
• Student employees: -Felix Klengel
  • Katharina Sattler
• Freelance employees:
  • Catherine Zorn -Julia Schuler -Dr. Sebastian Sobota -Dr. Michael Bernauer -Patrick Bopp
  • Saskia Kerksieck -Dr. Christopher Nickolaus
  • Sebastian Töllers -Jennifer Weimann -Vincent Werner
  • Holger Zahlaus
• Former employees: -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

Legal basis of expert work (ZiF)

This course, taught jointly with Prof. Dr. Andreas Roth, covers the legal foundations of forensic expert activities, particularly for non-lawyers. It includes an introduction to the relationship between law and empiricism, followed by blocks on general rules of expert activity and specific rules for criminal law and family law. The course is only offered in the summer semester.