Recent Publications

Popov, N., & Thielmann, I. (2025). The core tendencies underlying prosocial behavior: Testing a person-situation framework. Journal of Personality, 93(3), 633–652. doi:10.1111/jopy.12957

Bartsch, A., Fink, J., Mutter, J., Bovermann, M. A., & Weiss, I. (2025). Testing the waters of private data pools: how a general surveillance account could cover privately collected data. In E. Tuchtfeld, I. Risini, & J. Gašperin Wischhoff (Eds.), Eyes everywhere: surveillance and data retention under the EU charter (pp. 157–167). Berlin: Verfassungsbooks. doi:10.17176/20250326-133455-0

Oberwittler, D., & Wickes, R. (Eds.). (2025). Handbook on cities and crime. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781800375710

Oberwittler, D. (2025). Urban neighborhoods and adolescent delinquency. In D. Oberwittler & R. Wickes (Eds.), Handbook on cities and crime (pp. 242–264). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Oberwittler, D., & Wickes, R. (2025). Cities and crime – a perennial perspective on the ecology of crime. In D. Oberwittler & R. Wickes (Eds.), Handbook on cities and crime (pp. 2–17). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781800375710.00008

Tellenbach, S. (2025). The Islamic penal code of 2013: traditions and innovations. In E. Hadi & M. Künkler (Eds.), The rule of law in the Islamic Republic of Iran: power, institutions, and the limits of reform (pp. 45–65). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108630603.002

Thönnes, C. (2025). Whistleblowing – Das Personal der Republik als Akteur der wehrhaften Verfassung? In A. Brade, A.-K. Hübers, A. Hussing, C. Heinzel, C. Schneidenbach, F. Beck, … R. Böttner (Eds.), Zukunftsverfassungsrecht (pp. 305–330). Baden-Baden: Nomos. doi:10.5771/9783748948032-305

McClanahan, W. P., Nagin, D. S., Otte, M., Wozniak, P., & Van Gelder, J.-L. (2025). How environmental features and perceptions influence the perceived risks and rewards of criminal opportunities. Criminology, 63(1), 155–182. doi:10.1111/1745-9125.12401

Mertens, E., & Van Gelder, J.-L. (2025). The DID-guide: A guide to developing digital mental health interventions for smartphones and virtual reality. Internet Interventions, 100794. doi:10.1016/j.invent.2024.100794

Oberwittler, D., Gahler, C., & Hasitzka, C. (2025). Using mobility data based on GPS locations for the analysis of urban crime - a test of geofencing for filtering transit mobility. In M. Leitner (Ed.), New research in crime modeling and mapping using geospatial technologies: geotechnologies and the environment (pp. 181–208) Geotechnologies and the Environment. Cham: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-81580-5_9

Schwarzenbach, A. (2025). Targets of police attention. Discrimination in pedestrian stop-and-search of young people in Germany and France. European Sociological Review, jcaf006. doi:10.1093/esr/jcaf006

Hilbig, B. E., & Thielmann, I. (2025). Toward a (more) parsimonious account of the link between ’dark’ personality and social decision-making in economic games. Judgment and Decision Making, (20), e16. doi:10.1017/jdm.2025.1

Webb, M., Vieira, A., Suazo, N., Sheerin, K. M., & Kemp, K. (2025). Identifying gaps in mental health service and supports utilization among minoritized youth with mental health concerns in the juvenile legal system. Children and Youth Services Review, 108176. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108176

De Courson, B., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Nettle, D. (2025). Poverty is associated with both risk avoidance and risk taking: empirical evidence for the desperation threshold model from the UK and France. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 292, 20242071. doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.2071

Billis, E. (2025). AI in criminal justice: Strengthening or challenging the rule of law. In M. Bergström & V. Mitsilegas (Eds.), EU law in the digital age (pp. 149–168). Oxford: Hart Publishing. doi:10.5040/9781509981212.ch-010