With regard to changes in the German law of preventive detention--a sentence handed down to offenders who committed a grave offence and are considered a danger to public safety, similar to the preventive detention law in New Zealand--an online survey amongst forensic psychiatrists has been conducted between July and October 2011. Questions have been raised regarding the necessity of preventive detention, subsequent preventive detention (the possibility of imposing "preventive detention" after sentencing, which was ruled a violation of the European Convention of Human Rights by the European Court of Human Rights), and the Therapy Placement Act from January 1st, 2011.
