On 10.03.2025 from 16:15 the Center for Criminological Research Saxony invites you to a colloquium.
Prof. Dr. Ralf Kölbel from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich will give a lecture on the topic:
Criminalization processes and criminal justice culture: Why we punish and how this is changing.
Scientists, practitioners and anyone interested in the topic are invited. The colloquium will take place on the premises of the ZKFS in Chemnitz and simultaneously online via Zoom.
If you are interested in participating, please register by e-mail to Dr. Aaron Bielejewski(aaron.bielejewski@zkfs.de) by 06.03.2025. Places on site are limited, so please indicate whether you would like to participate online or in person.
Abstract: Criminal law-making processes play a significant role in determining what is perceived as crime in a society and is treated as such. Sometimes they also represent key events for the development of criminal justice culture. The lecture presents empirical-criminological research concepts on criminalization processes and discusses the results of our own (preliminary) work from a criminological perspective. On this basis, the potential influence of science and civil society on criminal policy can then be discussed together.
Prof. Dr. Ralf Kölbel grew up in Chemnitz and studied law at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. After his studies, he completed his doctorate and habilitation in law. He is currently a university professor at the Chair of Criminal Law and Criminology at LMU Munich. His academic interests focus in particular on deviance research, the sociology of crime and the overlapping areas of criminal law and criminology. A characteristic example of his research is his SFB project on whistleblowing in the police – evaluation ambivalence in the whistleblowing discourse.
