We study the link between parental selection and child criminality. Following the collapse of the communist regime in 1989, the number of births halved in East Germany. These cohorts became markedly more likely to be arrested as they grew up in reunified Germany. This is observed for both...

Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the birth rate halved in East Germany. Despite their small sizes, the cohorts conceived during this period of socio-economic turmoil were, as they grew up in reunified Germany, markedly more likely to be arrested than cohorts conceived a few years...

[1. Motivation und Einordnung] Menschen, die Opfer von Gewalttaten geworden sind, haben einen komplexen Versorgungs- und Unterstützungsbedarf, welcher sich auf verschiedenste Bereiche wie physische und psychische Gesundheit, ihre Arbeit und auch soziale Beziehungen erstreckt. Um diesen...

The recent rise of xenophobic attacks against refugees in Germany has sparked both political and scholarly debates on the drivers, dynamics, and consequences of right-wing violence. Thus far, a lack of systematic data collection and data processing has inhibited the quantitative analysis to help...