Dieter Hermann (sociologist)

Dieter Hermann (born September 26, 1951 in Heilbronn ) is a German sociologist and criminologist . In his main work, Values ​​and Crime , he conceived a general theory of crime .

Life

Hermann, who is also a qualified mathematician, works as a research professor at the Institute for Criminology at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , but is also active at the Max Weber Institute for Sociology at the university.

In his research on the connection between values ​​and crime, Hermann comes to the conclusion that people who maintain traditional values , such as religious ties, have a below-average level of delinquency . This is particularly evident in phases of social upheaval.

Hermann also works on crime prevention issues and has developed the Heidelberg Audit Concept for Urban Security (HAKUS) . He is also a member of the Religion and Society research group , which examines the religious socialization of children.

Fonts (selection)

• Selected problems in the application of path analysis , Frankfurt am Main; Bern; New York; Nancy: Lang, 1984, ISBN 3-8204-5512-4
• Crime prevention and value orientations in complex societies. Analyzes of the influence of values, lifestyles and milieus on delinquency, victimization and fear of criminality , Mainz: Weisser Ring, 2001, ISBN 3-9806463-8-6 (with Dieter Dölling )
• Values ​​and crime. Conception of a general theory of crime , Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-531-13805-7
• Post-traditional values. Empirical conception of social and corporate ethics, Hamburg: Merus-Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-939519-30-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Dieter Hermann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Dieter Hermann at the Institute for Criminology
• Dieter Hermann at the Sociological Institute
• Dieter Hermann Gender-specific aspects of violence prevention, lecture text (PDF)
• Interview, Pro Medienmagazin 5/2013, pp. 46-47 (PDF; 24.7 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heidelberg Audit Concept for Urban Security (HAKUS)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 405 kB)  
2. ↑ Religion and Society Research Group ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.