Wolfgang Heinz (criminologist)
Wolfgang Heinz (born April 23, 1942 in Pforzheim ) is a German criminologist and legal scholar .
Vita
Wolfgang Heinz studied in Freiburg i.Br. Law and received his doctorate in 1972 with a thesis on "Determining reasons for the victim's willingness to report". In 1975/76 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on "Criminal Statistics - Development and Status, Problems and Perspectives". After working as a scientific adviser and professor at the Universities of Augsburg (1976) and Konstanz (1976–1978), he was professor at the University of Bielefeld from 1978 to 1981 , before being appointed to the chair of criminal law with subsidiary areas of the law department at the University of Konstanz in 1981 has been. Heinz retired in October 2007.
His research interests have Heinz in empirical criminology and criminal law factual research , in particular the Jugendkriminologie and juvenile justice , comparative sanctions and impact research, above all in the area of diversion, the Economic Criminology and white collar crime , the crime and justice statistics and its supplement through victimological surveys (population surveys, dark field research).
In Constance, he built the Constance Inventory for Sanctions Research and the Constance Inventory for the Development of Crime , which, in addition to published and unpublished data from police crime statistics and judicial business and procedural statistics, continuously process and make them available for research. Heinz was appointed by the federal government as a scientific member of the “ Periodic Safety Report ” committee of the federal government.
literature
- Eric Hilgendorf , Rudolf Rengier (ed.): Festschrift for Professor Wolfgang Heinz: for his 70th birthday. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2012, ISBN 978-3-8329-6637-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Heinz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications
- Constance inventory on the development of crime
- Constance inventory for sanctions research
Individual evidence
- ^ Festschrift for Professor Wolfgang Heinz, foreword. (PDF) nomos-shop.de, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ On the person. jura.uni-konstanz.de, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Main research areas. jura.uni-konstanz.de, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
- ^ The Konstanz inventory (overview). jura.uni-konstanz.de, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
- ^ Second Periodical Safety Report 2006 download page, members of the committee. bka.de, October 1, 2006, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinz, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German criminologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pforzheim |