Miha Hafner
researcher
Miha Hafner is a researcher at the Institute of Criminology and assistant professor of criminal law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana where he teaches criminal procedural law. He obtained a master’s degree in criminology at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) and a PhD in criminal law at the University of Ljubljana. His research areas are criminal procedural law and the intersection of criminal law and cognitive science.
Fields of research
Criminal procedure law, expert opinions in criminal law, cognitive science and criminal law, neurocriminology.
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1.01 Original Scientific Article
- Hafner, M. (2023). Emotion in criminal law. Diritto & questioni pubbliche: Rivista di filosofia del diritto e cultura giuridica, 23(Special issue), 309–328.
- Hafner, M. (2019). Judging homicide defendants by their brains: An empirical study on the use of neuroscience in homicide trials in Slovenia. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 6(1), 226–254.
1.04 Professional article
- Hafner, M. (2023). The exercise of the right to defense in relation to expert testimony. Odvetnik: Journal of the Bar Association of Slovenia, 25(1/2), 40–43.
- Hafner, M. (2022). Exclusion of evidence – the American doctrine in Slovenian criminal law case law. Odvetnik: Journal of the Bar Association of Slovenia, 24(2), 55–57.
- Hafner, M. (2021). The double-edged sword of neuroscience in criminal law. Alternator: Thinking Science, (26), [4 pages].
1.16 Independent scientific component part or a chapter in a monograph
- Hafner, M. (2023). Expert testimony: Article 248. In Criminal Procedure Act (ZKP): With commentary (Vol. 2, pp. 367–371). Ljubljana: Lexpera, GV Založba.
- Hafner, M., & Nerat, B. (2023). Article 265. In Criminal Procedure Act (ZKP): With commentary (Vol. 2, pp. 412–427). Ljubljana: Lexpera, GV Založba.
- Hafner, M. (2020). Overcoming borders in the mind and shifting borders in law: The concept of mental privacy and related rights and their relevance in criminal law. In R. Salecl (Ed.), Shifting borders in criminology and criminal policy(pp. 351–393, 513, 521–522). Ljubljana: Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law.
- Mihelj Plesničar, M., & Hafner, M. (2019). Restorative justice and criminal mediation. In C. Valentini (Ed.), The victim in the “new world” of criminal mediation: Profiles of an absence (pp. 105–127). Canterano: Aracne.
1.26 Scientific entry in dictionary, encyclopaedia or lexicon
- Hafner, M., & Šugman Stubbs, K. (2023). Slovenia. In P. Caeiro (Ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice(8 pages). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Project Head:
- Unofficial psychedelic-assisted therapy in Slovenian legal framework (10/1/2023 – 9/30/2026) – project head: Dr. Miha Hafner
Participation in projects:
- Social and public health dimensions of cannabis regulation and use (10/1/2024 – 9/30/2026) – project head: Dr. Kristina Čufar
- Stalking as a form of domestic violence (10/1/2024 – 9/30/2026) – project head: Dr. Eva Bertok
- Alternatives to conventional punishment of drug offenders: the case of cannabis (10/1/2023 – 9/30/2025) – project head: Dr. Kristina Čufar
- The analysis of emergency measures: Protecting human rights and preventing social harms in the era of perpetual crises (10/1/2022 – 9/30/2025) – project head: Dr. Renata Salecl
- Social control, criminal justice system, violence and the prevention of victimizations in the context of high technology market society (1/1/2022 – 12/31/2027) – project head: Dr. Renata Salecl
