Osman Suntay
@osmansuntay.bsky.social
PhD researcher in Quantitative PolSci @goetheuni.bsky.social Frankfurt and @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social || MA, Mannheim Uni || Studying how political actors and violence influence identity, intergroup relations & social conflict. https://osmansuntay.com/
Pinned
Religious Elites, (Non)Politicization, and Intergroup Attitudes among Muslim Immigrants in Germany | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
🎉 I am excited and grateful to share that the second chapter of my dissertation is now forthcoming in the @thejop.bsky.social.
it has been a long journey. Hours, thoughts, and re-assessments at each stage of the study, but it is finally here🥲
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
1/9
it has been a long journey. Hours, thoughts, and re-assessments at each stage of the study, but it is finally here🥲
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
1/9
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🚨📄 New paper (conditional accepted at @thejop.bsky.social):
We test whether social desirability bias actually distorts answers in online surveys.
Short version:
It mostly doesn’t.
w. @timallinger.bsky.social @kristianvsf.bsky.social @morganlcj.bsky.social
URL: osf.io/preprints/os...
We test whether social desirability bias actually distorts answers in online surveys.
Short version:
It mostly doesn’t.
w. @timallinger.bsky.social @kristianvsf.bsky.social @morganlcj.bsky.social
URL: osf.io/preprints/os...
February 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
🚨📄 New paper (conditional accepted at @thejop.bsky.social):
We test whether social desirability bias actually distorts answers in online surveys.
Short version:
It mostly doesn’t.
w. @timallinger.bsky.social @kristianvsf.bsky.social @morganlcj.bsky.social
URL: osf.io/preprints/os...
We test whether social desirability bias actually distorts answers in online surveys.
Short version:
It mostly doesn’t.
w. @timallinger.bsky.social @kristianvsf.bsky.social @morganlcj.bsky.social
URL: osf.io/preprints/os...
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How do parties debate minorities? New study based on all parliament speeches in Germany and the UK 1980-2021, with @younghyunlee52.bsky.social , F. #Piñeyrúa, & @max-web.bsky.social, published in the edited volume Computational Social Science of Social Cohesion and Polarization:
Linguistic Polarization in Minority Representation: Analyzing Parliamentary Speeches in Germany and the UK (1980–2021)
Political polarization shapes how minority issues are discussed in public and parliamentary discourse, with implications for representation and policy. We examine the representation of migration and s...
link.springer.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
How do parties debate minorities? New study based on all parliament speeches in Germany and the UK 1980-2021, with @younghyunlee52.bsky.social , F. #Piñeyrúa, & @max-web.bsky.social, published in the edited volume Computational Social Science of Social Cohesion and Polarization:
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Need causal insights into how people make decisions?
Conjoint survey experiments let you unpack complex choices in realistic settings. Learn to design and implement them in our #GESISworkshop with @phanxi.bsky.social & @lukrudolph.bsky.social.
Book Now ➡️ t1p.de/intro-experi...
@gesis.org
Conjoint survey experiments let you unpack complex choices in realistic settings. Learn to design and implement them in our #GESISworkshop with @phanxi.bsky.social & @lukrudolph.bsky.social.
Book Now ➡️ t1p.de/intro-experi...
@gesis.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Need causal insights into how people make decisions?
Conjoint survey experiments let you unpack complex choices in realistic settings. Learn to design and implement them in our #GESISworkshop with @phanxi.bsky.social & @lukrudolph.bsky.social.
Book Now ➡️ t1p.de/intro-experi...
@gesis.org
Conjoint survey experiments let you unpack complex choices in realistic settings. Learn to design and implement them in our #GESISworkshop with @phanxi.bsky.social & @lukrudolph.bsky.social.
Book Now ➡️ t1p.de/intro-experi...
@gesis.org
🎉 I am excited and grateful to share that the second chapter of my dissertation is now forthcoming in the @thejop.bsky.social.
it has been a long journey. Hours, thoughts, and re-assessments at each stage of the study, but it is finally here🥲
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
1/9
it has been a long journey. Hours, thoughts, and re-assessments at each stage of the study, but it is finally here🥲
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
1/9
Religious Elites, (Non)Politicization, and Intergroup Attitudes among Muslim Immigrants in Germany | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
February 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
🎉 I am excited and grateful to share that the second chapter of my dissertation is now forthcoming in the @thejop.bsky.social.
it has been a long journey. Hours, thoughts, and re-assessments at each stage of the study, but it is finally here🥲
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
1/9
it has been a long journey. Hours, thoughts, and re-assessments at each stage of the study, but it is finally here🥲
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
1/9
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Now officially published in jpeaceresearch.bsky.social.
Link to full-text:
academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...
#PoliticalScience #PoliticalPsychology
Link to full-text:
academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...
#PoliticalScience #PoliticalPsychology
January 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Now officially published in jpeaceresearch.bsky.social.
Link to full-text:
academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...
#PoliticalScience #PoliticalPsychology
Link to full-text:
academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...
#PoliticalScience #PoliticalPsychology
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Am 12. Januar 2026 ist Matthias Koenig gestorben. In einem Nachruf würdigt Monika Wohlrab-Sahr den Soziologen als integeren Menschen und akribischen Wissenschaftler, der hochgradig normative Fragen mit Herzblut und analytischer Distanz zu behandeln verstand.
www.soziopolis.de/matthias-koe...
www.soziopolis.de/matthias-koe...
January 26, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Am 12. Januar 2026 ist Matthias Koenig gestorben. In einem Nachruf würdigt Monika Wohlrab-Sahr den Soziologen als integeren Menschen und akribischen Wissenschaftler, der hochgradig normative Fragen mit Herzblut und analytischer Distanz zu behandeln verstand.
www.soziopolis.de/matthias-koe...
www.soziopolis.de/matthias-koe...
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📄 New WP version out: revised text, tightened argument, and new analysis.
The Politics of Evidence Selection (w/ @jesperasring.bsky.social)
Grateful for the helpful comments and presentation opportunities. Further feedback welcome!
🔗 osf.io/preprints/so...
The Politics of Evidence Selection (w/ @jesperasring.bsky.social)
Grateful for the helpful comments and presentation opportunities. Further feedback welcome!
🔗 osf.io/preprints/so...
January 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
📄 New WP version out: revised text, tightened argument, and new analysis.
The Politics of Evidence Selection (w/ @jesperasring.bsky.social)
Grateful for the helpful comments and presentation opportunities. Further feedback welcome!
🔗 osf.io/preprints/so...
The Politics of Evidence Selection (w/ @jesperasring.bsky.social)
Grateful for the helpful comments and presentation opportunities. Further feedback welcome!
🔗 osf.io/preprints/so...
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We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting!
🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized
🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized
🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
January 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting!
🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized
🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized
🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
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Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Matthias Koenig. He inspired me to follow an academic path and taught the very first sociology course I ever took. I will always admire the brilliance and unique precision of his thinking.
January 15, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Matthias Koenig. He inspired me to follow an academic path and taught the very first sociology course I ever took. I will always admire the brilliance and unique precision of his thinking.
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📈 Our key finding: the rural–urban divide didn’t grow gradually. It *jumped* in 2016. Support for Republicans became much more strongly associated with living in rural areas in 2016—and this pattern then remained stable in 2020.
January 8, 2026 at 7:53 AM
📈 Our key finding: the rural–urban divide didn’t grow gradually. It *jumped* in 2016. Support for Republicans became much more strongly associated with living in rural areas in 2016—and this pattern then remained stable in 2020.
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🧵 PhD position (75%) in Political Behavior / Political Communication / CSS
📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026
We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization
📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026
We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
🧵 PhD position (75%) in Political Behavior / Political Communication / CSS
📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026
We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization
📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026
We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization
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🚨Job alert! 🚨
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
Research fellow (m/f/d) in the field of “contentious politics/political violence/autocratic politics” - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
www.hu-berlin.de
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
🚨Job alert! 🚨
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
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we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
www.uni-frankfurt.de
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
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Is Christian religiosity driving backlash against Muslims in Western Europe? 📺 Watch the video, or read the full paper (open access) here 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Is Christian religiosity driving backlash against Muslims in Western Europe? 📺 Watch the video, or read the full paper (open access) here 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
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🚨New publication alert! 🚨
Our article “The Ethnic Politics of Nature Protection in Africa” is now out in @thejop.bsky.social 🎉-- fantastic collaboration with Stephen Dawson, @carlmc.bsky.social & Aksel Sundström
Article: doi.org/10.1086/739777
Short summary thread below 👇
Our article “The Ethnic Politics of Nature Protection in Africa” is now out in @thejop.bsky.social 🎉-- fantastic collaboration with Stephen Dawson, @carlmc.bsky.social & Aksel Sundström
Article: doi.org/10.1086/739777
Short summary thread below 👇
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚨New publication alert! 🚨
Our article “The Ethnic Politics of Nature Protection in Africa” is now out in @thejop.bsky.social 🎉-- fantastic collaboration with Stephen Dawson, @carlmc.bsky.social & Aksel Sundström
Article: doi.org/10.1086/739777
Short summary thread below 👇
Our article “The Ethnic Politics of Nature Protection in Africa” is now out in @thejop.bsky.social 🎉-- fantastic collaboration with Stephen Dawson, @carlmc.bsky.social & Aksel Sundström
Article: doi.org/10.1086/739777
Short summary thread below 👇
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What an honor! @na-wehl.bsky.social & I received the ALLBUS Preis 2025 for our paper "How education policies shape political inequality: analyzing policy feedback effects in Germany"! 🥳🥳 Thanks a lot to the jury & a very kind laudatio by Markus Tausendpfund @gesis.org Mannheim!
December 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What an honor! @na-wehl.bsky.social & I received the ALLBUS Preis 2025 for our paper "How education policies shape political inequality: analyzing policy feedback effects in Germany"! 🥳🥳 Thanks a lot to the jury & a very kind laudatio by Markus Tausendpfund @gesis.org Mannheim!
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📢 Call for Papers: Jahrestagung des DVPW-Arbeitskreises Wahlen und politische Einstellungen
📅 7./8. Mai 2026 in Mainz
📧 ak-wahlen@dvpw.de
🗓️ Deadline: 31.01.2026
Themenoffener Call - Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Einreichungen!
@sgarritzmann.bsky.social @nilssteiner.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social
📅 7./8. Mai 2026 in Mainz
📧 ak-wahlen@dvpw.de
🗓️ Deadline: 31.01.2026
Themenoffener Call - Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Einreichungen!
@sgarritzmann.bsky.social @nilssteiner.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
📢 Call for Papers: Jahrestagung des DVPW-Arbeitskreises Wahlen und politische Einstellungen
📅 7./8. Mai 2026 in Mainz
📧 ak-wahlen@dvpw.de
🗓️ Deadline: 31.01.2026
Themenoffener Call - Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Einreichungen!
@sgarritzmann.bsky.social @nilssteiner.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social
📅 7./8. Mai 2026 in Mainz
📧 ak-wahlen@dvpw.de
🗓️ Deadline: 31.01.2026
Themenoffener Call - Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Einreichungen!
@sgarritzmann.bsky.social @nilssteiner.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social
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Now available online and open access! The results of our adversarial collaboration on:
Students’ motives for restricting academic freedom: Viewpoint discrimination and prosocial concerns | PNAS
@pnas.org
@nilsweidmann.bsky.social
@kunkakom.bsky.social
@drfell.bsky.social
Students’ motives for restricting academic freedom: Viewpoint discrimination and prosocial concerns | PNAS
@pnas.org
@nilsweidmann.bsky.social
@kunkakom.bsky.social
@drfell.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Now available online and open access! The results of our adversarial collaboration on:
Students’ motives for restricting academic freedom: Viewpoint discrimination and prosocial concerns | PNAS
@pnas.org
@nilsweidmann.bsky.social
@kunkakom.bsky.social
@drfell.bsky.social
Students’ motives for restricting academic freedom: Viewpoint discrimination and prosocial concerns | PNAS
@pnas.org
@nilsweidmann.bsky.social
@kunkakom.bsky.social
@drfell.bsky.social
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🔥Laypeople Have Difficulty Processing Efficiency When Assessing Environmental Policies
New Open Access paper on people's judgments of environmental policies with
@hugo_trad and @stricklandbrent at @bppjournal.bsky.social Behavioral Public Policy 🔥
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
New Open Access paper on people's judgments of environmental policies with
@hugo_trad and @stricklandbrent at @bppjournal.bsky.social Behavioral Public Policy 🔥
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🔥Laypeople Have Difficulty Processing Efficiency When Assessing Environmental Policies
New Open Access paper on people's judgments of environmental policies with
@hugo_trad and @stricklandbrent at @bppjournal.bsky.social Behavioral Public Policy 🔥
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
New Open Access paper on people's judgments of environmental policies with
@hugo_trad and @stricklandbrent at @bppjournal.bsky.social Behavioral Public Policy 🔥
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🚨New working paper: Compositional Effects, Internal Migration and Electoral Outcomes
osf.io/preprints/so...
#polisciresearch
osf.io/preprints/so...
#polisciresearch
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🚨New working paper: Compositional Effects, Internal Migration and Electoral Outcomes
osf.io/preprints/so...
#polisciresearch
osf.io/preprints/so...
#polisciresearch
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Immigration raids during Trump II have increased daily student absences by 22 percent in the California Central Valley, with largest increases among the youngest students.
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Immigration raids during Trump II have increased daily student absences by 22 percent in the California Central Valley, with largest increases among the youngest students.
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We are really excited to kick this semester's InFER Colloquium & Comparative Politics Speaker Series off with a talk by Valerie Sticher (@ethz.ch): "Satellite Data for Understanding and Monitoring Armed Conflict”
Join us next tuesday!
Join us next tuesday!
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We are really excited to kick this semester's InFER Colloquium & Comparative Politics Speaker Series off with a talk by Valerie Sticher (@ethz.ch): "Satellite Data for Understanding and Monitoring Armed Conflict”
Join us next tuesday!
Join us next tuesday!
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🗳️ New study (w @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social) on AfD success in integration council elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: AfD achieved significant results in councils elected exclusively by voters with migration backgrounds. It's not about economics—it's about political competition. (1/3)
November 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🗳️ New study (w @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social) on AfD success in integration council elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: AfD achieved significant results in councils elected exclusively by voters with migration backgrounds. It's not about economics—it's about political competition. (1/3)
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New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
NEW -
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law