Das neue Sexualstrafrecht

[Gössel: Sexual Criminal Law]
After the unusual multiple changes of recent times, the reform of the sexual criminal law appears to be essentially concluded with the SexÄndG [Sexual Amendment Act]. The new sexual criminal law is hereby presented for the first time in a systematic presentation that shall serve as orientation for practice and teaching. The penal provisions of the StGB [Criminal Code], the ProstG [Prostitution Law] and the TDG [Teleservice Law] are also printed with this presentation.

A systematic presentation became necessary since the numerous changes to the sexual criminal law and its methods had become confusing. This led to practical problems, especially with regard to the interpretation of the individual statutory features, but also with regard to the differentiation of the various circumstances. The work has successfully managed to shed light on these problem areas and to develop practical solution proposals. The reprint of the official substantiations pertaining to the 33rd StrRÄndG [Criminal Law Amendment Act] and to the two latter reform laws - the 6th StRG [Penal Reform Act] and the SexÄndG - also serves this purpose. The brief outline of the legislative history offered in the introduction and the listing of the most important reform laws - but also the discussion of the individual circumstances respective to the prefixed concise history of their changes - serves for facilitation of the determination pertaining to the respective decision-making to be derived from the version of the law.

The presentation at hand offers orientation and decision-making aids for all those who are concerned with questions pertaining to sexual criminal law in their daily practice. However, it is also addressed to teachers and students.

Karl Heinz Gössel is a professor at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (in Erlangen) and a former judge (now retired) at the Bavarian Higher Regional Court in Munich.

"Hoffentlich trägt die vorliegende Abhandlung - neben anderen juristischen Hilfsmitteln - dazu bei, dass dieser Bereich der Strafbestimmungen alsbald aus der ›öffentlichen Schusslinie‹ gebracht und einer sachlichen Diskussion zugeführt werden kann! Gössel hat seinen gewichtigen Anteil in Gestalt dieses Buches bereits geleistet!"
Rüdiger Molketin in: Goltammer's Archiv für Strafrecht 11/2006

"Gössel hat das neue Sexualstrafrecht in einem noblen Band übersichtlich, mit klarer Diktion und Anfügung des Standes in Literatur und Rechtsprechung in sehr lesenswerter Weise vorgestellt. Wer mit der Materie des Sexualstrafrechts zu tun hat, sollte dieses Buch immer parat haben"
Georg Seidenschwand in: Gefängnisreport 8/2006

"[...] ist ein einzigartiges Kompendium entstanden, das vor allem bei der Bewältigung schwieriger Seminar- und Examenshausarbeiten wertvolle Orientierungs- und Entscheidungshilfe bietet."
Ex Libris WS 2005/06