Digitalisierung und Strafverfahren

This volume addresses the various influences of the ongoing digitalization on criminal proceedings. It contains the written papers presented at the conference "Digitisation and Criminal Procedure" at the University of Leipzig.
Scholars and practitioners discuss the opportunities and challenges of new technical possibilities: first experiences with the electronic file, the use of electronic evidence or the technical recording of hearings and trials, as well as the controversial E-Evidence Regulation and its consequences for preliminary proceedings. Digital Databases can help judges in the future to access decisions and considerations of other courts for their sentencing. Digitisation is also affecting the prison system; it raises the question of whether prisoners should be allowed to use tablets or mobile phones.