KrimLit
KrimLit is a literature documentation for criminology operated by the Criminological Central Office in Wiesbaden . It contains more than 46,000 references, mainly from German-speaking countries. Since KrimLit itself does not contain full texts, it falls into the category of reference databases. KrimLit stands in the tradition of the Excerpta criminologica, the German-language part of which was taken care of in the 1960s by the Heidelberg psychiatrist and criminologist Heinz Leferenz .
development
In cooperation with Juris GmbH in Saarbrücken, the Central Office for Criminology has been building up an article documentation from central criminological and criminological relevant journals since 1986. In the 1990s, the essay documentation was broken down into annual volumes ("Referatedienst Kriminologie"), then published on CD-ROM. "KrimLit" has been freely accessible on the Internet since 2016. Since 2017, the Leibniz Center for Psychological Information and Documentation (ZPID) has been a permanent cooperation partner alongside Juris GmbH and enables the further expansion of the evidence of criminal psychological provenance.
content
KrimLit consists of the KrimZ library catalog, a smaller pool of selected contributions to the collective work and the essay documentation, which is characterized by content-based short presentations - mainly prepared in accordance with DIN 1426. Contributions to the diverse manifestations of crime, perpetrators and victims ( victimology ), police ( crime statistics ), social services and the penal system will be presented . In addition, there are numerous documents on overarching topics and problems of criminal justice , criminal policy , crime prevention and internal security .
literature
- Werner Sohn: Literature collection and literature documentation of the Criminological Central Office. Law, Library, Documentation, 1989 (1), 5–13.
- Werner Sohn: The contribution of the Criminological Central Office to information and documentation for crime prevention. In Hans-Jürgen Kerner ; Jörg-Martin Jehle & Erich Marks (eds.), Development of Crime Prevention in Germany: General Trends and Area-Specific Perspectives; at the same time documentation of the 3rd German Prevention Day in Bonn from May 5 to 7, 1997 (pp. 197-210). Mönchengladbach: Forum-Verlag Godesberg.
- Werner Sohn: Criminological Databases. Means of specialist information (also) for the police. Die Polizei - Journal for Public Safety, 2015 (5) 131–135.
- Elisabeth Herrmann: Free access to KrimLit. Criminological literature documentation in the Criminological Central Office Wiesbaden. Criminology, 2016 (12) 766–768.