HEADS, KURS & Co.

The monitoring concepts of German federal states aim to protect the public from sex offenders and violent offenders at risk of recidivism, which is intended to be achieved through good cooperation and exchange of information between the agencies involved. This study evaluates these structures and the procedures within the concepts in 10 German federal states. Since those concepts are designed to minimise the risk of recidivism as a preventive measure, a process evaluation offers a good opportunity to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the processes carried out. In a subsequent comparison, the study identifies weaknesses and mistakes in the concepts in order to submit proposals for their optimisation and initiate further research studies. With contributions by Anja Schiemann, Katharina Büchler, Inge Roith, Ilka Freyhat, Helge Risom, Thomas Heberer, Candy Sommer, Tina Beck, Sven Pahl, Christoph Dümmig, Maik Schröder, Daniel Sühling