Jens Hoffmann (psychologist)

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Jens Hoffmann (born October 7, 1968 ) is a German criminal psychologist , case analyst and non-fiction author .

Life

Hoffmann was born in 1968. He studied psychology , linguistics and sociology at the Technical University in Darmstadt and at the University of Surrey in Guildford . During his studies he sat in on the psychological service of the Berlin police . He has been a qualified psychologist since 1996. He wrote his diploma thesis in psychology on the subject of psychological perpetrator profiles of serial killers and serial rapists for police investigative work .

After completing his studies, he wrote a textbook on case analysis and perpetrator profiles together with Cornelia Musolff from 1997 to 2000 on behalf of the Federal Criminal Police Office . Since May 2002 he has been teaching and researching at the forensic psychology department at the Technical University of Darmstadt. There, under his leadership, the Dynamic Risk Analysis System (DyRiAS for short) was developed, which enables scientifically sound risk assessments to be carried out in the areas of severe violence and amok in schools and violence against intimate partners . The official version of DyRiAS-Schule has been in use in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since November 2009.

Hoffmann is also the head of the Darmstadt Institute for Psychology and Threat Management (IPBm). The institute trains prevention and crisis managers and installs threat management in authorities, companies and universities.

His work focuses on criminal and investigative psychology . He has dealt intensively with the topics of stalking , criminal profiles , insider crime and rampages in schools . Hoffmann produced numerous publications and lectures at universities and police schools on the subject of case analysis and perpetrator profiles and is a frequent guest on talk shows and news programs on the subject of amok and stalking.

In 2002, Hoffmann was included in Europol's expert database as a consultant for European police forces. In 2004 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . He wrote his dissertation on the subject of stalking. Obsessive harassment and persecution with special attention to celebrity victims.

Book publications (selection)

  • Together with Cornelia Musolff: Case analysis and perpetrator profile - history, methods and findings of a young discipline. Federal Criminal Police Office, Wiesbaden 2000, ISSN  0174-5433 , DNB 959956077 , online ( PDF ; 1 MB).
  • Stalking. Springer , Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-540-25457-9 , 1st chapter online (PDF; 190 kB).
  • Domestic violence and killing of the intimate partner - prevention and case management. Verlag für Polizeiwissenschaft, Frankfurt 2006, ISBN 978-3-935979-88-7 .
  • Stalking in Germany - from the perspective of those affected and persecutors. Nomos Verlag , Baden-Baden 2006, ISBN 3-8329-1752-7 .
  • Amok and targeted violence in schools - early detection, risk management, crisis management, aftercare. Verlag für Polizeiwissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-86676-011-0 .
  • Deciphering people - a criminal psychologist explains how to use special analysis and profiling techniques in everyday life. mvg Verlag , Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-86882-564-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jens Hoffmann: Case analysis and perpetrator profile - history, methods and findings of a young discipline (= Federal Criminal Police Office [Hrsg.]: BKA - research series . No. 52 ). 2000, ISSN  0174-5433 , DNB  959956077 , about the author, no page number ( online [PDF; 1000 kB ; accessed on May 25, 2016]).
  2. ↑ Jens Hoffmann: Case analysis and perpetrator profile - history, methods and findings of a young discipline (= Federal Criminal Police Office [Hrsg.]: BKA - research series . No. 52 ). 2000, ISSN  0174-5433 , DNB  959956077 , preliminary remark, without page indication ( online [PDF; 1000 kB ; accessed on May 25, 2016]).
  3. ↑ a b c How safe are we in Germany? (Not available online.) In: zdf.de . July 31, 2011, archived from the original on December 3, 2016 ; Retrieved May 25, 2016 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zdf.de
  4. ↑ Computer program predicts rampages. In: presseportal.de . May 12, 2010, accessed May 24, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Annette Langer : Prevention project in Zurich: How rampages can be prevented. In: Spiegel Online . September 19, 2009, accessed May 24, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Amok prevention - DyRiAS in action at the Zurich police force. From: Schweiz aktuell , March 2009 on YouTube .
  7. ↑ Jens Hoffmann's YouTube channel on YouTube .
  8. ↑ Jens Hoffmann, expert in prevention. In: praeventionstag.de . May 23, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016 . Foreword VII.
  9. ↑ Jens Hoffmann: Stalking. Springer-Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-30385-5 ( limited preview in Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German criminal psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH 7th October 1968