Rudolf Egg

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Rudolf Egg

Rudolf Egg (born June 21, 1948 in Nuremberg ) is a German psychologist and criminologist . His focus is criminal psychology .

Life

Rudolf Egg studied psychology from 1968 to 1973 at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen . From 1973 to 1983 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Psychology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. In 1979 he obtained the academic degree of Dr. phil. in the subjects of psychology, criminology and psychopathology; 1983 followed the habilitation. From 1983 to 1985 Egg represented the chair for psychology at the University of Bayreuth . In 1990 he was appointed adjunct professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. In 1986 he took over the position of deputy director of the newly founded Criminological Central Agency of the Federal and State Governments (KrimZ) in Wiesbaden and from 1997 to 2014, when his successor Martin Rettenberger was appointed on the occasion of his retirement, he was its director.

In 2005, Egg obtained the certificate “Specialist Psychologist for Legal Psychology ( BDP / DGPs )”.

From 2004 to 2010 Rudolf Egg was chairman of the board of the German Forum for Crime Prevention Foundation . During his term of office, he reported to the Prime Minister's Conference regarding the consequences of the rampage in Erfurt .

Focus of work

Rudolf Egg's scientific focus is on studies on the question of recidivism and the treatment of offenders, especially sex offenders, as well as aspects of the personality and danger of serial offenders. He is particularly interested in the social therapeutic treatment of offenders, a topic that he dealt with in detail in his dissertation and habilitation thesis. For courts and penal institutions, Rudolf Egg also prepares forensic-psychological reports, namely on crime prognosis and prison planning, but also on crime-psychological analysis.

public perception

Egg has been a sought-after expert and discussion partner for the German media for years. He is often asked about current criminal cases, for example in the ARD and ZDF or by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . His expertise is specifically drawn on when it comes to “sexual exploitation of children”, “amoklage”, “psychotherapy for sexual and violent criminals in cooperation with the courts” or even “cannibalism”. On the basis of the criminal complaints that were filed in connection with New Year's Eve 2015/2016 in Cologne and collected by the investigative group (EG) New Year of the Cologne police, Egg prepared an expert opinion in 2016 on behalf of the Parliamentary Investigation Committee IV of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament.

Fonts (selection)

As an author
  • Social Therapy and Prisons: An Empirical Comparative Study to Evaluate Social Therapy Measures. Haag and Herchen, Frankfurt am Main 1979, ISBN 3-88129-200-4 (also: Erlangen Nürnberg University dissertation).
  • Delinquency and social therapy: concepts, experiences, development opportunities. Heymann, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-452-19580-5 .
  • with Martin Kurz: Drug therapy in state-approved institutions. Results of a survey. Kriminologische Zentralstelle, Wiesbaden 1989. (3rd edition. Kriminologische Zentralstelle, Wiesbaden 1991, ISBN 3-926371-05-6 ).
  • The creepy judges. How reviewers influence the criminal justice system. Bertelsmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-10242-8 .
As editor
  • with Walter Toman : Psychotherapy: A manual. 2 volumes. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-17-008887-4 .
  • Focal points in forensic psychology: police, justice, drugs. Forum, Godesberg 1991, ISBN 3-927066-34-6 .
  • Child Sexual Abuse. (= Criminology and Practice. Volume 27). Criminological Central Office, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-926371-44-7 .
  • Homicides - media perception, criminological findings, legal processing. (= Criminology and Practice. Volume 36). Criminological Central Office, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 3-926371-55-2 .
  • “Dangerous criminals” - a problem group in criminal policy? (= Criminology and Practice. Volume 47). Criminological Central Office, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 3-926371-68-4 .
  • Extremist Crime: Criminology and Prevention. (= Criminology and Practice. Volume 51). Criminological Central Office, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-926371-74-9 .
  • with Axel Dessecker: Crime statistics in the light of international experience (= criminology and practice. Volume 57). Criminological Central Office, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-926371-85-0 .
  • Psychological-psychiatric assessment in criminal justice (= criminology and practice. Volume 63). Criminological Central Office, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-926371-97-3 .

literature

  • Axel Dessecker, Werner Sohn (ed.): Legal psychology, criminology and practice. Festschrift for Rudolf Egg on his 65th birthday (= criminology and practice. Volume 65). Criminological Central Office, Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-926371-99-7 .

Web links

Interviews

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Markus Brauer: Information on the person: Prof. Rudolf Egg. In: Stuttgarter-Zeitung.de. June 14, 2016, accessed June 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Proportionality and case-by-case justice - questions to Prof. Dr. Rudolf Egg. In: DasErste.de. Retrieved June 27, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Ewald Hetrodt: Portrait: Rudolf Egg - “It doesn't just get worse”. In: FAZ.net. March 27, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Interview with Rudolf Egg (audio file, 30:21 min.). In: SWR1. August 19, 2010, accessed June 27, 2018 .
  5. ^ Rudolf Egg, Martin Rettenberger, Robin Welsch: The Cologne New Year's Eve 2015/2016: An analysis of the criminal charges. In: Deutsche Richterzeitung, Volume 94, Issue 12. Beck, Munich 2016, pp. 414–419.
personal data
SURNAME Egg, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist and criminologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg