Violence and suicide in the juvenile prison system: emergence and development of harmful behavior in a cross-gender perspective

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Frank Neubacher
• Subject Area: Criminology
• Term: from 2013 to 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 238122055

Building on the outcome of a project on violence and suicide among young males in juvenile prisons the research incl. the proven methodology will be extended on young women in prison. There is hardly any specific research on young female prisoners in Germany. In particular, the knowledge on violence and suicide is very poor. Longitudinal data on the female prisoners will enable the research team to compare it with data on the male prisoners. It is expected to gain valuable knowledge on the phenomena as well as on the gender-specific processes in prison.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants