Helmut Kury

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Helmut Kury (born December 4, 1941 in Glottertal ) is a German psychologist and criminologist .

Kury received his doctorate in 1974 at the University of Freiburg and completed his habilitation there in 1984. He was the first director of the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony and then professor for forensic psychology in Freiburg and at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law .

He became known to the general public as an appraiser in connection with the early pardon of Christian Klar . Furthermore, with an expert opinion each on the German brothers Rudi and Michael Apelt, who were sentenced to the death penalty for the murder of the wife of one of the two, Cindy M., in Phoenix / Arizona, Rudi Apelt was sentenced to death in 2009 due to mental retardation Was commuted to life imprisonment.

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Helmut Kury is Professor Honoris Causa at the University Didorenko , the State University of Lugansk , the State University of Adilet in Almaty, Kazakhstan and Grigol Robakidze-University in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Publications

  • J. Obergfell-Fuchs, M. Brandenstein: National and international developments in criminology. Festschrift for Helmut Kury on his 65th birthday. Publishing house for police science, Frankfurt am Main 2006.
  • H. Kury, E. Shea (Eds.): Punitivity. International Developments. 3 volumes. University Press Dr. Brockmeyer, Bochum 2011, ISBN 978-3-8196-0780-6 .
  • H. Kury, J. Obergfell-Fuchs: Legal psychology. Forensic basics and assessment. A textbook for study and practice. Kohlhammer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-17-016932-6 .
  • In the brain of evil. The spectacular cases of a court expert. Piper, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-492-05619-9 .
  • H. Kury, S. Redo, E. Shea: Women and children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration. Suggestions for Succeeding Generations. 2 vols. International Publishing Switzerland, Springer 2016.
  • H. Kury, S. Redo: Refugees and Migrants in Law and Policy. Challenges and Opportunities for Global Civic Education. Springer, International Publishing Switzerland, 2018.
  • H. Kury, A. Kuhlmann, J. Quintas: On the Preventative Effect of Sanctions for Drug Crime: The United States, Germany and Portugal. In: Archiwum Kryminologii, Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Nauk Prawnych. Volume 41, 2019, pp. 261-295.
  • H. Kury, J. Schüßler: Dealing with crime on a party-political level. An evaluation of election programs. In: Criminological Journal. Volume 51, 2019, pp. 87-106.
  • H. Kury: Dealing with mental illnesses in (youth) prison systems. In: Journal for juvenile criminal law and youth welfare - ZJJ. Volume 31, 2020, pp. 36-43.
  • H. Kury: Women and children of prisoners. In: Forum for Prison - FS. Volume 69, 2020, pp. 31-35.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Signs point to a pardon. In: sueddeutsche.de. May 17, 2010, accessed July 26, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kury, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist and criminologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 4, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Glottertal