@article{2015:antholz:25_jahre_w,
title = {25 Jahre Wiedervereinigung – Kriminalitätsangleichung in Ost- und Westdeutschland},
year = {2015},
note = {Until 1989, East Germany was a society run on communist lines and West
Germany a society run on capitalistic ones. What did this mean in
terms of crime levels at the time this study commences? To begin with,
criminal activity in East Germany was at only one third the level of
criminal activity in the West, but then quickly caught up rapidly
after the reunification of East and West Germany and then even
overtook that of the West. In 1993-1996, East German criminal activity
was 20% above that of West Germany. What are the reasons behind this?
Then the east criminal activity decreased. Overall, 20 years after the
reunification of the country, an adjustment occurred. In 2009, East
German criminal activity fell below that in the West for the first
time. But after that, it has risen again and now, in 2013, is about 5%
higher than in the West.},
journal = {KritV Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft},
pages = {74--84},
author = {Antholz, Birger},
volume = {98},
number = {1}
}