Vita
- 1942 Born in Pforzheim, Germany
- 1962 – 1966 Law student at the University of Freiburg i. Br., Germany
- Scholarship holder of the „Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes“
- 1966 First state examination
- 1972 Second state examination
- 1972 Postgraduate at the University of Freiburg i. Br.
- 1975/76 Postdoctoral lecture qualification at the University of Freiburg i. Br.
- 1976 Professor for penal law and criminology at the University of Augsburg
- 1976 – 1978 Professor for penal law, criminology and juvenile law at the University of Constance
- 1978 – 1981 Professor for penal law, criminology and juvenile law at the University of Bielefeld
- Since 1981 Professor for penal law, criminology and juvenile law at the University of Constance
- October 2007 given emeritus status