Prof. Thomas Goergen

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homas Goergen, PhD, German Police University, Muenster, Germany - Head, Department of Criminology and Crime Prevention

Psychologist. PhD Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany, 1996. Researcher at Criminology Department of Justus-Liebig-University, 1991-2002. Researcher at Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony (Hanover, Germany), 2002-2007. Lecturer at universities in Giessen and Hildesheim and at police branches of universities of applied sciences in Wiesbaden and Bremen (1994-2008). Joined German Police University (Muenster, Germany) in 2007 as Head of Department of Criminology and Crime Prevention. Appointed Professor at German Police University 2008. National Representative of the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) since 2004.

Main fields of research: elder abuse and neglect in professional and family care; domestic violence; criminal victimization and age; older inmates in correctional institutions; sexual offenses and sexual victimization; child homicide; self-reported delinquency / juvenile crime; attitudes and subjective theories related to crime and law enforcement; organized crime and terrorism.

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