Violence in office. Excessive use of force by the police and how to deal with it

Public lecture

The event will present the results of the DFG research project KviAPol (Assault in Office by Police Officers) , which ran from 2018 to 2023. Based on a quantitative survey of victims with over 3,300 participants and over 60 qualitative interviews with experts from the police, justice system and civil society, the project investigated situations, forms and consequences of police violence, as well as how victims, the police and the criminal justice system assess and deal with them. For the first time in Germany, the project examines the different perspectives on excessive police violence and provides empirical evidence of the obstacles that arise when dealing with the criminal justice system.

In the lecture, we will present the key findings of the study, report on the experiences of those affected and outline the functional dominance of the police, which becomes clear when dealing with excessive police violence. Afterwards there will be room for questions and discussion.

The event is also part of the third practical forum of the research initiative “ConTrust – Trust in Conflict” and is supported by the Friends and Sponsors of Goethe University.

Presenting research team:

Laila Abdul-Rahman | Criminologist and law graduate
Hannah Espín Grau | Political scientist and law graduate
Luise Klaus | Human geographer
Tobias Singelnstein | Professor of Criminology and Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, “ConTrust” research initiative

Registration is not required.

The presentation will be broadcast live online and recorded: Here…

Organizer:
DFG research project KviA-Pol together with the research initiative “ConTrust – Trust in Conflict” at the Research Center “Normative Orders” at Goethe University