Balkan Criminology

Partners

A Max Planck Partner Group

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac

Research interests

Balkan Criminology, Violence, Organized Crime and Illegal Markets, Feelings and Perceptions of (In)Security and Crime, International Sentencing, THB

Scholarships

  • Fulbright Visiting Research Award for 2014-2015
  • Fast Track Scholarship of the Robert Bosch Foundation in 2013 until 2015
  • Max Planck Society PostDoc Scholarships in 2012 and 2013
  • Max Planck Society Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates in 2004, 2007 and 2010
  • The European Society of Criminology (ESC) Fellowship in 2009
  • DAAD-Scholarship from October 2002 until May 2004 and from October 2004 until March 2005
  • Doctoral Scholarship of the Croatian Ministry for Science, Education and Sports for the academic year 2004/2005

Awards

  • 1st Place at the Moot Court Competition of the International Institute for Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences in 2007
  • Annual Award for Best Young Scientists of the Society of University Professors of the University of Zagreb in 2006

Memberships

  • European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics Group (National correspondent and Balkan coordinator)
  • European Society of Criminology (member and Executive Bord member since 2014)
  • Croatian Academy for Legal Sciences (regular full member and Executive Editor of the Yearbook of the Croatian Academy for Legal Sciences)
  • Croatian Society for Criminal Law Sciences and Practice (member)
  • Society of University Professors of the University Zagreb (member)
  • Croatian Society of Criminalists (member)

Publications (selection)

Past project(s)

  • Fear of Crime and Punitivity (Head of Croatian Component)
  • Development of Monitoring Instruments for Judicial and Law Enforcement Institutions in the Western Balkans (funded by CARDS Regional Action Programme - Croatian National Focal Point for UNODC)
  • HUMSEC - Human Security, Terrorism and Organised Crime in the Western Balkans (funded through the Sixth Framework Programme Coordination Action - Researcher for the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law)
  • European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics (Researcher for Croatia for 3rd and 4th Edition)
  • The Punishment of serious Crimes (funded by the ICTY - Researcher for the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law)
  • Preventing Corruption and Collective Crime through Criminal Law (funded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia - Researcher)
  • The Reform of Croatian Economic Criminal Law (funded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia - Researcher)

Curriculum Vitae

12/2018 - present Founder and Co-Chair of the European Society of Criminology Working Group European Violence Monitor
10/2018 - 09/2019 Visiting Foreign Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg, Germany (sabbatical at the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb, Croatia)
09/2018 - present Teaching appointment (Lehrauftrag) at the University of Hamburg’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences (seminar: Kriminologische Gewaltforschung - Mainstream-Ansätze und innovative Alternativen)
05/2018 - present Guest Professor (professeur invitée) at the University of Lausanne’s School of Criminal Sciences (lecture: Victimology & Victim Assistance)
03/2018 - present Head of the Violence Research Lab, established by the CroViMo installation research project (Croatian Violence Monitor: A Study of the Phenomenology, Etiology, and Prosecution of Delinquent Violence with Focus on Protecting Particularly Vulnerable Groups of Victims), funded by the Croatian Science Foundation (UIP-2017-05-8876)
08/2017 - 10/2018 Visiting Foreign Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg, Germany (research leave from the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb, Croatia)
04/2017 - present Member of the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics Experts Group, coordinator for Balkan countries and Croatia correspondent for the ESB’s 6th edition
02/2017 - present Associate Professor in the field of law, branch of criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology and victimology at the Chair for Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb, Croatia
2014 - present Founder and Co-Editor of the publication series “Research Series of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. Series BC: Publications of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology” (publishers: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. in coop. with Duncker & Humblot in coop. with the University of Zagreb - Faculty of Law)
2014 - 2017 Elected member of the Board of the European Society of Criminology
2014 - present Founder and Co-Chair of the European Society of Criminology Working Group on Balkan Criminology
11/2012 - 04/2019 Head of the Max Planck Partner Group for ‘Balkan Criminology’ jointly established between the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law and the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb, Croatia; funded by the Max Planck Society
12/2011 - 02/2017 Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessur) in the field of law, branch of criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology and victimology at the Chair for Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb, Croatia
25/11/2011 Venia legend et examinandi: Licence to teach awarded in the framework of appointment as assistant professor (Juniorprofessur) in the field of law, branch of criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology and victimology (habilitation lecture: Fear of Crime & Punitivity)
01/2011 - 12/2011 Senior Lecturer at the Chair for Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb, Croatia
12/2010 Iuris Doctorem (dr.iur.) - graduated at the Albert Ludwig University - Faculty of Law in Freiburg, Germany with summa cum laude (Doctoral viva in the subject areas ‘Criminal Law with Dependant Areas’ and ‘Modern Era Constitutional History and General Theory of State’), while conducting doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law; Dissertation: Political Violence in the Balkans. Focus: Terrorism and Hate Crimes - Concepts, Developments, and Analysis
01/2009 - 05/2009 Scientific Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Department of Criminology, HUMSEC Project, Freiburg, Germany
2006-2010 Croatian researcher for the 3rd and 4th edition of the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics
Fall 2006 Venia legend et examinandi: Special licence to teach university courses offered by the Chair for criminal law, awarded by the Faculty Council due to extraordinary scientific and professional qualification
02/2006 - 01/2011 Lecturer at the Chair for Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb, Croatia
06/2005 - 02/2006 Head of PIU at the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and Member of Working-Group for Croatian EU Accession Negotiations for Chapter 25: Science and Technology
04/2005 - 12/2010 PhD Candidate at the Albert Ludwig University - Faculty of Law in Freiburg, conducting doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (political violence in the Balkans)
07/2004 Legum Magister (LL.M.) - graduated at the Albert Ludwig University - Faculty of Law in Freiburg, Germany with summa cum laude (examination in criminal and administrative law) while conducting research at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law; Master’s thesis: Terrorism Prevention in Transitional Societies: A Study on Root Causes, Favourable Factors and Development Modalities of International Terrorism
09/2002 - 07/2004 Master of Law studies at the Albert Ludwig University - Faculty of Law in Freiburg, while conducting research at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (prevention of terrorism in transitional societies)
07/2002 Diploma in Criminal Justice (dipl.krim.) - graduated at the Police Academy - High Police School in Zagreb, Croatia with summa cum laude
10/1997 - 08/2002 Studies in Criminal Justice (Kriminalistik/Polizeiwissenschaften) of 8 semester diploma program at the Police Academy - High Police School in Zagreb, Croatia
06/1997 "Abitur" certificate - graduated from the Linguistic Academic High School in Osijek, Croatia
09/1993 - 07/1997 Academic high school secondary education of 4 years at the Linguistic Academic High School in Osijek, Croatia (II. jezična gimnazija u Osijeku)
09/1992 - 07/1993 Elementary school education of 1 year (8th grade) and elementary school graduation from the elementary school “Franje Krežme” in Osijek, Croatia
1989-1992 Academic high school secondary education of 3 years (5th, 6th and 7th grade) at the Academic High School in Leutkirch, Germany (Hans-Multscher-Gymnasium)
1985 - 1989 Elementary school education of 4 years (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade) and elementary school graduation from the elementary school “Oberer Graben” in Leutkirch, Germany
11/1979 - 07/1992 Born and raised in Leutkirch im Allgäu, Germany