Criminological Society
The Kriminologische Gesellschaft (KrimG) eV is a scientific association of criminologists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It was created in 2007 by renaming the New Criminological Society (NKG), which was founded in 1988 from two predecessor organizations, the Society for All Criminology and the German Criminological Society .
predecessor
Of the predecessor organizations, the Society has the longest history for all of criminology . It emerged in 1967 from the Criminal Biological Society (1927–1937), which had been re-established in 1951. Its members were mainly committed to researching the personality of the perpetrator , the related sciences of this type of criminology were psychiatry and psychology . The second predecessor organization, the German Criminological Society , was founded in 1959. Its members rather researched the social conditions of crime , the most important reference science was sociology .
Because the topics of both societies developed towards each other and there were a number of double memberships, a joint New Criminological Society was founded in 1988 (constituted as an association in 1990). This association was renamed the Kriminologische Gesellschaft (KrimG) in September 2007 .
tasks
The KrimG wants to experience scientific study of crime , the offender , the crime victim support and the state and social reactions and these findings to the public and practitioners, particularly in the fields of social work , police and justice make accessible and thus contributing to crime prevention afford .
society
KrimG-President of the term from 2020 to 2023 is Thomas Bliesener ( University of Göttingen and Criminological Research Institute Lower Saxony ), Vice-President is Jörg Kinzig ( University of Tübingen ). The association organizes annual conferences and publishes the new series of criminological publications .
Beccaria Medal
In memory of Cesare Beccaria , the KrimG awards the Beccaria Medal. Before the founding of the NKG, now KrimG, the Beccaria Medal was awarded by the German Criminological Society (DKG). The Beccaria Medal in gold is awarded for outstanding achievements in research or teaching in the entire field of criminology or for particularly successful work in crime prevention, crime investigation or rehabilitation of offenders. The Beccaria Medal in silver is awarded for creditable scientific work that suggests that the author will develop further in the field of criminology.
The first gold prize winners in 1964 were the Glueck couple , Hans von Hentig and Thorsten Sellin , the last prize winners (2019) are Friedrich Lösel and Christa Pelikan.