Johannes Feest (born 21 November 1939 in

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) is a German penologist and sociologist of law. He studied law in

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(Austria) and

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(Germany) and sociology at the

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. From 1974 until his retirement in 2005 he was professor of criminal law at the

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(Germany). From 1995 to 1997 he directed the

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. He has done research on the courts, police and prisons. Presently, he is primarily engaged with German prison policy. In 2019, he initiated a manifesto to abolish penitentiaries and other prisons. He is the brother of Christian Feest and Gerhard Gleich.

Selected publications

* (1972) Die Definitionsmacht der Polizei. Strategien der Strafverfolgung und soziale Selektion (with Erhard Blankenburg). Düsseldorf: Bertelsmann Universitätsverlag. * (1997) Totale Institution und Rechtsschutz. Eine Untersuchung zum Rechtsschutz im Strafvollzug (with Wolfgang Lesting and Peter Selling). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. * (2001) Adapting Legal Cultures (edited with David Nelken). Oxford: Hart Publishing. * (2005) Sven Burkhardt/Christine Graebsch/Helmut Pollähne (Eds.), Korrespondenzen in Sachen: Strafvollzug, Rechtskulturen, Kriminalpolitik, Menschenrechte. Ein Lese-Theater als Feestschrift.Münster: Lit Verlag. * (2018) Against Penitentiaries. In: Pavarini/Ferrari (eds.) No Prison. Capel Delvi: European Group Press. * (2020) Definitionsmacht, Renitenz, Abolitionismus. Texte rund um das Strafvollzugsarchiv. Springer: Wiesbaden. * (2022) Kommentar zum Strafvollzugsgesetz, 8th edition. Heymann: Köln.

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* 1939 births Living people Jurists from Bremen (state) {{Germany-academic-bio-stub