Program Overview

Introduction to the University Program

The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz offers a comprehensive program in criminology, criminal and medical law, juvenile criminal and penal law, led by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hauke ​​Brettel. This program encompasses various aspects of criminology, criminal law, and medical law, with a focus on juvenile justice and penal execution.

Program Structure

The program is divided into several areas of study, including:

• 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 includes various research projects, 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 and Staff

The program is supported by a team of experienced staff, including:

• 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

Criminologically based social training (KrimST)

The Criminologically Based Social Training (KrimST) is a new project that combines teaching, research, and practice. It aims to help young people change their socially problematic attitudes and behaviors. The training is based on the assessment of criminal risk in individual cases using the methodology of applied criminology. The goal is to implement diagnostics into individual interventions within group training.

Additional information

The program also includes other projects and initiatives, such as:

• MIVEA (Criminological Individual Case Diagnostics) Applied Criminology
• A matter of honor! Projects to participate in
• Pictures from the chair's work
• Quote of the Month (Archive)