A is for Austria:Austria's Sherlo...

A is for Austria:Austria's Sherlock Holmes: Hans Gross and the Graz School of Criminalistics

The Botstiber Podcast por Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
T6 · E2
17 dic 2025
55:22

Notas del episodio

What does an Austria jurist have to do with the FBI? In the second episode of the A is for Austria podcast, Priv. Doz. Christian Bachhiesl, director of the Museum im Lavanthaus, answers this question and many more. We'll carefully examine the Austrian origins of criminology and criminal science, investigate the contributions of Hans Gross and others, as well as explore their lasting impact upon the United States and beyond.

- Christian Bachhiesl's Website (German only):

https://christianbachhiesl.com/

- Museum im Lavanthaus:

https://www.museum-lavanthaus.at/besucher/information-english/

- Austria-Forum, Essays on Criminalistics and Criminology (English and German):

https://austria-forum.org/af/Wissenssammlungen/Essays/Kriminalistik_und_Kriminologie

- Styrian Historical Commission (Historische Landeskommission für Steiermark; German only):

https://www.hlk.steiermark.at

HLK Blog (German only):

https://www.hlk.steiermark.at/cms/ziel/153524465/DE/

- Hans Gross Museum of Criminology:

https://universitaetsmuseen.uni-graz.at/en/locations/hans-gross-museum-of-criminology/

- University of Graz - Hans Gross Center for Interdisciplinary Criminal Sciences:

https://zentrum-kriminalwissenschaften.uni-graz.at/en/

- University of Graz - Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, and Criminology:

https://strafrecht.uni-graz.at/en/

- University of Graz - Department of History:

https://geschichte.uni-graz.at/en/

- University of Klagenfurt - Department of History (German only):

https://www.aau.at/geschichte/

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