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Am 24. Januar 2020 hat Hans-Jörg Albrecht, emeritierter Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht in Freiburg, sein 70. Lebensjahr vollendet. Aus diesem Anlass haben sich einige seiner früheren Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter zusammengefunden, um zu seinen Ehren eine Festschrift herauszugeben. Unter dem Titel »Unterwegs in Kriminologie und Strafrecht – Exploring the World of Crime and Criminology« versammelt dieser zweisprachige Band eine große, sehr internationale Runde von Autorinnen und Autoren aus nicht nur diesen beiden Disziplinen. Zugleich wird damit auf Hans-Jörg Albrechts unermüdliches weltweites wissenschaftliches Wirken verwiesen. Die weitgespannte Themenpalette umfasst Beiträge zu Sicherheit und Prävention, Kriminologie und Kriminalpolitik, dem gesamten Bereich der strafrechtlichen Sozialkontrolle, zu Jugendkriminalität und Jugendkriminalrecht sowie den Folgewirkungen von Strafen und Strafvollzug.

Das Buch bietet einen einzigartigen Zugang zu theoretischen Ansätzen und praktischen Beispielen der Internationalen Sozialen Arbeit im Kontext von Kriegen und Konflikten. Leser•innen gewinnen Erkenntnisse über die Kompetenzen und die Rolle der Sozialen Arbeit, die dazu beiträgt, die Auswirkungen von Kriegen und Konflikten zu mildern. Das Buch wirft die Frage auf, wie Internationale Soziale Arbeit mit lokalen Ansätzen verbunden werden kann, und bietet Vorschläge für eine Entwicklung der Sozialen Arbeit im Hinblick auf den Austausch von Wissen und Erfahrungen zwischen dem Westen und dem Osten, dem Globalen Norden und dem Globalen Süden. Darüber hinaus wird die Rolle der Sozialen Arbeit bei der Verringerung des Problems der geschlechtsspezifischen Gewalt und bei den Methoden der Friedenskonsolidierung in Nachkriegs- und Post-Konfliktgesellschaften erörtert.

Social work has long been working directly with the criminal and civil courts of the justice system. The work of Latin American practitioners in the legal system, however, is little known at global and local levels. This book is the first to go beyond Western-centric appraisals and presents a truly Latin American portrait of social work in the justice system. The long-term interaction of social work practitioners with the judicial system enabled them to develop an expertise to dialogue with other disciplines such as law and psychology. This knowledge is very important to identify and share with other professionals to develop specialized programs for education and training. In this sense, positive and negative experiences of social work in the justice system allow one to improve its practice. It is crucial to identify local experiences and the great dilemmas that the profession faces on this subject. The volume's chapters deal with these dynamics in Latin American countries including: Forensic Social Work: The construction of possible ways of the criminal intervention Socio-Legal Social Work in the Field of Criminal Defense Family and Community Life: Contributions of Social Work to the Debate in Family Courts Support to Victims in High-conflict Scenarios: An approach from the socio-legal, the pedagogical, and the care perspectives The Assessment of Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse Allegations from a Social Work Perspective Latin American Social Work in the Justice System is essential reading for students, researchers, academicians, policymakers, and practitioners who are interested in international social work with a special focus on Latin American countries and legal culture. Students and scholars in law, development studies, and public policy as well as psychologists working with and interested in the judicial system would also find this book a useful resource.

Currently, there is a lack of resources and information regarding how to best understand and support those impacted by incarceration. As the number of people impacted by incarceration rises, it is important that we acknowledge the issues and address the concerns faced by professionals such as social workers and educators that work with families and the most vulnerable populations impacted by incarceration. Counseling Strategies for Children and Families Impacted by Incarceration provides in-depth information and background regarding the growing group of children and families impacted by incarceration. It sets out to bridge the gap between community and school counseling, mental health counseling, social work, and social and cultural issues and can be used for skills development and social justice reasons. Covering topics such as school counseling resources, community engagement, and trauma, it is ideal for researchers, academicians, practitioners, instructors, policymakers, social workers, social justice advocates, counselors, and students.

This book is an in-depth study on the criminal procedure in China. Using the social science research method, the author studies some systems and reforms, such as the criminal reconciliation, the sentencing procedure, the criminal incidental civil action, the trial hearing, the exclusionary rule and the defense system. The author puts forward some new theories and opinions. He points out that there are two modes of criminal procedure in China: the adversarial mode and the cooperative mode. He has advanced a new theory based on the practice of the procedure where the defendant pleads guilty or the parties reach a reconciliation. Also, the author has summarized three forms of criminal trial and three modes of criminal incidental civil action. He analyzes'conviction trial','sentencing trial'and'procedural trial'and points out their defects. He holds that the coexistence of the three models of incidental civil action reflects some problems in the criminal procedure. The criminal procedure has the problem of malfunction which refers to the fact that the procedure prescribed by the law is not effectively implemented. The author points out five sources of the process's malfunction through factual and empirical analysis. He describes them as the'5 rules of malfunction of the criminal procedure'. As for the criminal defense system, the author thinks that it not only has made great progress, but also has a great deal of problems. Also, the author puts forward a theory of coordinating defense which aims at rebuilding the relationship between the defense lawyer and the accused. China has established the exclusionary rule with its own characteristics. The author points out that the reformers should not only enact the rule，but also pay attention to its implementation. A series of judicial reforms will arrive, for which the exclusionary rule is the activator and the start.