Professor Dr. Klaus Boers
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Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Criminological curriculum vitae
- Criminological modelling based on society and modernization theories
- Business crime and penalty regulation
- Social change and delinquency, delinquent and victim poll
- Social control and sanction effect
- Criminological and sanction calibration
Academic Education | |
| 1998 | Habilitation in Law at University of Tübingen |
| 1990 | Doctoral degree (Dr. jur.) at University of Hamburg |
| 1987 | Second state examination |
| 1983 - 1987 | Legal Clerkship at Higher Regional Court Hamburg |
| 1982 | First state examination at Higher Regional Court Hamburg |
| 1976 - 1982 | Studies of Law at University of Hamburg |
| 1972 | Studies in Philosophy, Psychology and Educational Science at University of Aachen (RWTH) |
Work Experience | |
| since 2022 | President (elect) of the European Society of Criminology, 2012 - 2017 Member of the Executive Board |
| since 2020 | Co-Editor of Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, since 2005 Member of the Editorial Board |
| since 2007 | Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Criminology of the University of Cambridge |
| since 1994 | Member of the Editorial Board of Neue Kriminalpolitik |
| 1998 - 2022 | Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law of the University of Münster |
| 2015 - 2021 | Guest Professor at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing (2015, 2017, 2021) |
| 2016 - 2020 | Vice-Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Münster |
| 2016 - 2019 | President an Vice-President of the Kriminologische Gesellschaft (Society of German, Austrian and Swiss Criminologists), since 2011 Member of the Board of the Kriminologische Gesellschaft |
| 2001 - 2017 | Chair of the Section Westfalen-Lippe and Member in the joint commitee of the Deutsche Vereinigung der für Jugendgerichte und Jugendgerichtshilfen |
| 2003 - 2011 | Guest Professor at University of Niigata, Ritsumeijkan University, Kyoto and Chuo University, Tokyo |
| 1997 - 1998 | Locum Professor of Criminology at the University of Dresden |
| 1989 - 1998 | Senior Researcher, Akademischer Rat and Deputy Director of the Institut für Kriminologie, University of Tübingen |
| 1995 | Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Behavioral Science of the University of Colorado at Boulder |
| 1988 | Visiting Scholar at the Center of Urban Affairs and Policy Research at Northwestern University, Evanstin IL |
| 1982 - 1988 | Junior Researcher at Seminar für Jugendrecht und Jugendhilfe, Law Faculty, University of Hamburg |
Functions and Memberships | |
| Member of the German Society for Criminology | |
| Member of the association for interdisciplinary and scientific criminology | |
| Vorsitzender der Regionalgruppe Westfalen der Deutschen Vereinigung für Jugendgerichte und Jugendgerichtshilfen | |
| Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Neue Kriminalpolitik" | |
| Member of the American Society of Criminology | |
| Member of the European Society of Criminology | |
| Member of the Tübinger association of criminologists | |
| Member of Advisory Board of Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform | |
Publications
Boers, Klaus; Kaiser, Florian; Schaerff, Marcus; Wikström, Per-Olof H. (2023) In: Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 2023(3) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Boers, Klaus (2023) Lausanne: European Society of Criminiology . Type of Publication: Working paper | |
Boers, Klaus; Walburg, Christian; Wittbrodt, Hannah (2021) In: Chen, Guangzhong (eds.), Studies of Sino-German Criminal Law.. Beijing: China Procuratorial Press. Type of Publication: Review article (book contribution) | |
Boers, Klaus; Schaerff, Marcus (2020) In: Zeitschrift für Jugendkriminalrecht und Jugendhilfe, 31(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Boers Klaus, Reinecke Jost (eds.) (2019) Münster: Waxmann. Type of Publication: Book (edited collection) |
Projects
Duration: 01/10/2020 - 31/12/2021 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programmes Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project | |
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2021 | 7th Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 28/09/2017 - 30/09/2017 Funded by: DFG - International Scientific Events, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection Type of project: Scientific Event | |
Duration: 01/12/2016 - 30/11/2019 | 6th Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 21/09/2016 - 24/09/2016 Funded by: Participation / conference fees , DFG - International Scientific Events Type of project: Scientific Event |
Talks
| The Impact of Formal Control Interventions in England and Germany Boers, Klaus; Kaiser, Florian; Schaerff, Marcus (16/11/2022) 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Social Control through Learning Machines Boers, Klaus Schaerff, Marcus (05/02/2022) Artificial Decision-Making: Autonomy — Responsibility — Control, Münster Type of talk: scientific talk |
Doctorates
| The Treatment of Juvenile Offenders in the USA - From Colonial Times to the 21. Century Candidate: Schaerff, Marcus | Supervisors: Boers, Klaus Period of time: until 27/01/2015 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Zügiges Strafverfahren bei jugendlichen Mehrfach- und Intensivtätern - Das Münsteraner Modellprojekt "B-Verfahren" Candidate: Khostevan, Alireza | Supervisors: Boers, Klaus Period of time: until 05/02/2008 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Terrorismus und Anti-Terrorismus-Gesetzgebung. Eine rechtssoziologische Analyse Candidate: Schulte, Philipp H. | Supervisors: Boers, Klaus Period of time: until 06/02/2007 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Ehrenmorde - Blutrache und ähnliche Delinquenz in der Praxis bundesdeutscher Strafjustiz Candidate: Baumeister, Werner | Supervisors: Boers, Klaus Period of time: until 13/06/2006 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Strukturelle Bedingungen von Wirtschaftskriminalität: Eine empirische Untersuchung am Beispiel der Privatisierungen ausgewählter Betriebe der ehemaligen DDR Candidate: Karliczek, Kari-Maria | Supervisors: Boers, Klaus Period of time: until 23/05/2006 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |