SAKALAUSKAS GINTAUTAS, Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise

Criminal Policy, sentencing, incarceration and probation, criminology, juvenile justice, protection of children’s rights.

 Education

• 2005 acquired a Doctor of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University and the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Greifswald University.
• 2003 acquired a Master’s of Law degree and awarded LL.M. diploma, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Greifswald.
• 1998 acquired a Master’s of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.

Main Publications

• Sakalauskas, Gintautas. Kriminologie in Litauen: Entwicklung, Lehre, Forschung, Ergebnisse und Perspektiven // Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 2022, Vol. 105, Issue 4, p. 304–318.
• Sakalauskas, Gintautas. Lithuania // Dünkel F., Harrendorf S., & D. van Zyl Smit (Eds.). The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy. Routledge, 2022, p. 337–347.
• Sakalauskas, Gintautas. Wie überwindet man den Totalitarismus im Strafvollzug? // Kriminologie und Kriminalpolitik im Dienste der Menschenwürde. Festschrift für Frieder Dünkel zum 70. Geburtstag. Mönchengladbach: Forum Verlag Godesberg, 2020. ISBN 9783964100146. p. 909–926.

More publications.

Main scientific and research projects

• 2020-2022 group leader in the research group project “Reactions to juvenile delinquency and their consequences in Lithuania: from media hype to professional action” (No. S-MIP-20-367). The project was financed by the Lithuanian Science Council.
• 2019 group leader, co-author and editor of the publication State dissemination of Lithuanian research in 2016-2024. in the program project “Prisonment conditions and prerequisites for social integration of prisoners” (registration no. P-LIP-19-80).
• 2018 raising competence in a scientific internship in Greifswald at the university (Germany) according to the project “Pedophilia as a disease and as an incentive to commit crime” (09.3.3 LMT-K-712-07-0045), an analysis of scientific literature and statistics was carried out, a scientific article is being prepared, which will be published in 2023. The project was financed by the Lithuanian Science Council.

Membership in editorial boards

• Since 2015 member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Criminology Studies”.
• Since 2015 member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Nowa Kodifykacia Prawa Karnego” (Poland, Wrocław).

Significant expert activity, membership

• Since 2022 member of Lithuanian Council of Social Work.
• Since 2016 associate member of the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF), French Fondation internationale pénale et pénitentiaire (FIPP).
• 2015-2018 member of the prosecutors’ attestation commission.
• Since 2010 member of the Association of Lithuanian Criminologists. In 2010-2012 and 2018-2021 – its chairman, 2014-2016 – Board member.
• Since 2008 study quality assessment center expert.
• Since 2007 expert of the Lithuanian Science Council.

Popularization of science

• G. Sakalauskas. Massacres in Bucha – genocide of Ukrainians, for which Russia will remain unpunished Commentary on Delfi.lt show “How are people like”, 2022-04-06.
• G. Sakalauskas. By overloading civilization. Does the system of execution of sentences in Lithuania resemble the Soviet one? Commentary on the Lrt.lt show “Reloading Civilization”, 2022-21-01.
• G. Sakalauskas. Angry about juvenile violence? A 12-step program to a healthier attitude. Opinion Lrt.lt, 2019-12-06.

Languages

Lithuanian, German, Russian and English.