scholarly journals Domestic violence

Temida ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Jasmina Kiurski
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Institution ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Protective Function ◽  
Recent Reform ◽  
Definition Of

In this article author examines a definition of a family, the role of a family as a social and legal institution as well as state reaction in a situation of mal function of a family. Special attention is given to a definition of a family, its protective function and criminal law in modern legal systems. Author also analyzes recent reform of our legislation firstly new criminal offence (Article 118a of the Criminal Code of Republic of Serbia) - Domestic Violence - and its relation to other similar criminal offences. Finally, author gives an overview of up-to-now practice from District and Municipal Prosecutors Offices in Belgrade and suggestions for solving observed problems in implementation of this criminal offence.

scholarly journals Sex and gender characteristics in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Croatia with special reference to the criminal offences of rape and domestic violence

Temida ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Marissabell Skoric
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
The Republic

The study deals with the issue of whether the norms of criminal law make a distinction between male and female sex with regard to the perpetrator of the criminal offence as well as with regard to the victim of the criminal offence and also the issue of whether male or female sex have any role in the criminal law. It is with this objective in mind that the author analyzed the provisions of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Croatia and statistical data on total crime in the Republic of Croatia and the relation between male and female perpetrators of criminal offences. The statistical data reveal that men commit a far greater number of offences than women. Apart from this, women and men also differ according to the type of the criminal offence they tend to commit. Women as perpetrators of criminal offences that involve the element of violence are very rare. At the same time, women are very often victims of violent offences perpetrated by men, which leads us to the term of gender-based violence. Although significant steps forward have been made at the normative level in the Republic of Croatia in defining and sanctioning of genderbased violence, gender stereotypes can still be observed in practice when sexual crimes are in question so that we can witness domestic violence on a daily basis. All of this leads to the conclusion that it is necessary to make further efforts in order to remove all obstacles that prevent changes in social relations and ensure equality between women and men, not only de jure but also de facto.

scholarly journals The Meaning of the Sign “Knowingness” in Establishing Intent

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-81
Author(s):  
Andrey G. Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Special Part ◽  
Soviet Time ◽  
Category Knowledge ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Criminal Legislation ◽  
The Relationship

The article, taking into account scientific opinions expressed by scientists at different times and the legislative definition of intent, analyses the characteristic “knowledge” which is used in many norms of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The study emphasizes the relationship between the boundaries of the legislative formula of intent, in particular its intellectual element, and the legal concept under consideration, and on the example of some crimes. The limits of reliability and admissibility of knowledge of certain circumstances within the category “known” and their impact on awareness of public danger and anticipation of socially dangerous consequences are considered. Special attention is paid to the importance of this concept in the structure of the intentional form of guilt and this is done in comparison with the criminal legislation of the Soviet time. The role of the category “knowledge” in ensuring the principle of subjective imputation and compliance with the prohibition of objective imputation in the context of the abolition of this category from criminal law is discussed. In the operative part of the article, it was suggested that the topic should be applied in criminal law.

scholarly journals Notes as a method of legislative technique and their importance for regulation of the institution of conviction record

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-49
Author(s):  
Mariya Andreevna Malimonova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Definition Of

The subject of this research is the criminal law provisions on notes as a component of legislative technique and their importance for achieving such goals. The author explores the existing approaches towards the definition of the concept and essence of notes, as well as their classification. Special attention is given to the only note from the General Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – note to Article 73, which pertains to the institution of conviction record. The goal of this work is to determine the essence and importance of the note for the development of criminal law norms dedicated to the institution of conviction record. The methodological framework of this research is comprised on the general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, comparison), formal-legal and systematic methods, as well as the relevant case law. As a result, the author formulates the definition of the concept of notes, indicates its correlation with the criminal law norm, lists the basic types of notes used in criminal law, and describes their role. The analysis of the provisions of the Article 73 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the notes to the Article 73 revealed the new problems in legislative regulation of suspended sentence and conviction records, which prompted the author to explore these issues and offer solutions. Clarification is given to the definition of “convicts” provided in the Paragraphs “a” and “a.1” of the Part 1 of the Article 73 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Substantiation is given to the role of convict record as a separate circumstance that prevents imposition of suspended sentence. The author indicates the fact of various interpretation of the concept of “crimes against sexual integrity of minors” mentioned in the note to the Article 73 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and in the construct of the qualifying element for a number of offences of the Article 18 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, as well as substantiates inexpediency of unification of this definition. The scientific novelty consists in proposing the new wording for the purposes of the Article 18 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which the author believes should be enshrined in the new note to the Article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals On the issue of qualification of criminal offence connected to domestic violence

2020 ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
O.V. Stepanenko ◽  
A.S. Stepanenko
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Record ◽  
Criminal Offence

The article deals with the issue of considering the fact that a person has a criminal record on criminal offence connected with domestic violence as a part of the ‘systematic nature’ characteristic. It is stated that the ‘domestic violence’ is used in the expression of criminal offences connected to domestic violence not within the scope of Article 1261 of Criminal Code of Ukraine but the framework of Law of Ukraine ‘On prevention and combat against domestic violence’, thus the ‘systematic nature’ characteristic does not cover criminal offences connected to domestic violence. It is pointed out that criminal liability for a criminal offence connected to domestic violence has criminal- law consequences and thus shall be considered when assessing the ‘systematic nature’ as a characteristic of domestic violence under Art. 1261 of CC of Ukraine. The following rules of qualification of criminal offences connected to domestic violence are formulated: 1) if a person has a criminal record for a criminal offence connected to domestic violence then such offence shall be considered when assessing the ‘systematic nature’ as a characteristic of domestic violence under Art. 1261 of CC of Ukraine provided that the offence has not lost it criminal law consequences; 2) if a person a person has been prosecuted twice or more times for an administrative offence under Art. 1732 of Code of Administrative Offences of Ukraine and has committed a criminal offence connected to domestic violence then such offence shall be taken into account when assessing the ‘systematic nature’ as a characteristic of domestic violence under Art. 1261 of CC of Ukraine and in cases when sanction for such offence is greater than the sanction provided for in Art. 1261 of CC of Ukraine, such actions shall be qualified as cumulative criminal offence. It is concluded that there could be a number of such combinations but the key conclusion is that it is necessary to account for criminal record for a criminal offence connected to domestic violence provided that such offence has not lost its criminal-law consequences when assessing the ‘systematic nature’ as a characteristic of domestic violence under Art. 1261 of CC of Ukraine.

A Philosophical Analysis To Uncover The Meaning And Terminology Of Person In Indonesian Criminal Law Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Nani Mulyati ◽  
Topo Santoso ◽  
Elwi Danil
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Person ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Legal Personality ◽  
Legal Subject ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Broad Meaning

The definition of person and non-person always change through legal history. Long time ago, law did not recognize the personality of slaves. Recently, it accepted non-human legal subject as legitimate person before the law. This article examines sufficient conditions for being person in the eye of law according to its particular purposes, and then, analyses the meaning of legal person in criminal law. In order to do that, scientific methodology that is adopted in this research is doctrinal legal research combined with philosophical approach. Some theories regarding person and legal person were analysed, and then the concept of person was associated with the accepted definition of legal person that is adopted in the latest Indonesian drafted criminal code. From the study that has been done, can be construed that person in criminal law concerned with norm adressat of the rule, as the author of the acts or omissions, and not merely the holder of rights. It has to be someone or something with the ability to think rationally and the ability to be responsible for the choices he/she made. Drafted penal code embraces human and corporation as its norm adressat. Corporation defined with broad meaning of collectives. Consequently, it will include not only entities with legal personality, but also associations without legal personality. Furthermore, it may also hold all kind of collective namely states, states bodies, political parties, state’s corporation, be criminally liable.

Historical Experience of Criminalization: to the Centenary of the Guiding Principles on Criminal Law of the RSFSR

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Ivan Kozachenko
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Historical Experience ◽  
Law System ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Concept Planning ◽  
Guiding Principles ◽  
Definition Of

The creation of the Guiding Principles on the Criminal Law of the RSFSR of 1919 is studied taking into account extremely complicated internal and external political situation in the country at the beginning of the twentieth century. Using the methods of analysis, synthesis, as well as comparative and historical method, the author determines the significance of the Guiding Principles in the law system of the young Soviet state. Some key norms of the document are examined. In particular, the definition of criminal law is analyzed and its advantages and disadvantages are identified. It is noted that the definition of a crime was formulated too broadly, and more significant steps in criminalization of different acts were made with the adoption of the RSFSR Criminal Code of 1922. It is indicated which persons were not punished according to the Guidelines. Attention is drawn to the way in which such a method of protection as necessary defense was set forth in this act. The Guiding Principles are not without certain disadvantages: for example, the institution of complicity is not sufficiently disclosed, there is lexical redundancy in the definition of the concept «planning the offence». However, the discrepancies between the main provisions covered in the Guidelines are explainable and excusable, taking into account the historical situation at the time of their adoption. The analyzed document became the basis for Russian criminal law, and some of its provisions are still relevant.

scholarly journals RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UNDER RUSSIAN CRIMINAL LAW: ISSUES OF LEGISLATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND LAW

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 1078-1099
Author(s):  
Nina Yu. Skripchenko
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Trafficking In Persons ◽  
Illegal Migration ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Definition Of

Today, no state in the world can say with confidence that it does not face the problem of human trafficking as it does not depend on the geopolitical position of the country, nor on the socio-economic situation. The negative social consequences of the transformations in Russia at the end of the last century determined not only its transit destination during the illegal migration of labor, but also the role of the sender and recipient of human commodity (mainly women and children) intended for exploitation (i.e. including sexual), surrogacy, removal of organs and tissues. Trying to adhere to the international definition of human trafficking as much as possible and drawing on the existing experience of regulation, the Russian legislator enshrined the norm in the Criminal Code (Article 1271) containing editorial flaws that impeded its implementation. The purpose of the study is to formulate proposals to address the deficiencies identified during the study of the legislative definition of trafficking in persons, which cause difficulties in enforcement. The methodological basis is constituted by general scientific (analysis and synthesis, dialectics) and private scientific research methods (system-structural, formal-legal, logical, linguistic). The paper notes the terminological difficulties associated with the inclusion of Convention norms in the system of Russian law. Noting the need to establish enhanced guarantees of child safety, the author does not see the need for independent criminalization of trafficking in minors. By identifying technical and legal shortcomings in the definition of human trafficking and human exploitation, the author suggests ways to solve them by reforming the criminal law and judicial interpretation at the level of the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals Problems of the Criminal Law Assessment of Involvement in Prostitution and the Organization of This Activity Through the Use or the Threat of Violence

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 941-950
Author(s):  
Oleg Gribunov ◽  
Gennady Nebratenko ◽  
Evgeny Bezruchko ◽  
Elena Millerova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Sex Industry ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Sexual Services

The authors examine the specific features of criminal law assessment of involvement in prostitution and the organization of this activity through the use or the threat of violence. At the beginning, they stress the urgency of counteracting the social phenomenon of prostitution, analyze the very concept of «prostitution», its debatable and problematic aspects, because it is impossible to offer a correct qualification of criminal actions connected with prostitution (crimes under Art. 240 and 241 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) without determining the boundaries of providing sexual services specifically referring to the term «prostitution». It is concluded that the key problem for determining the scope of sexual actions described by the term «prostitution» is the lack of an official definition of this term in Russian legislation as well as a wide variety of services in the modern sex industry. The authors state that the understanding of prostitution as a historical social phenomenon as a situation when a woman provides sexual services to different men by performing sexual acts with them for previously discussed material compensation is outdated and does not reflect the multiple dimensions of modern prostitution. While researching the issues of qualifying criminal acts connected with prostitution and involving the use or the threat of violence within the framework of this article, the authors have analyzed the work of both Russian and foreign scholars and studied examples of investigation and court practice. They examine the problems of legal assessment of criminal law categories «violence» and «the threat of using violence» regarding publically dangerous actions connected with the involvement in prostitution and the organization of this activity. The authors present the criteria of differentiating between corpus delicti where such actions are criminally punishable and other corpus delicti, as well as the cases that require qualification for multiple crimes. The results of this research allowed the authors to work out and present recommendations on qualifying criminal actions connected with prostitution and involving the use of the threat of violence.

scholarly journals CONSIDERATIONS OF CRIMINAL LAW AND FORENSIC SCIENCE REGARDING THE ILLEGAL ACCESS TO A COMPUTER SYSTEM

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-57
Author(s):  
Adrian Cristian MOISE
Keyword(s):  
Computer System ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Visual Identity ◽  
The Social

Starting from the provisions of Article 2 of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime and from the provisions of Article 3 of Directive 2013/40/EU on attacks against information systems, the present study analyses how these provisions have been transposed into the text of Article 360 of the Romanian Criminal Code.  Illegal access to a computer system is a criminal offence that aims to affect the patrimony of individuals or legal entities.The illegal access to computer systems is accomplished with the help of the social engineering techniques, the best known technique of this kind is the use of phishing threats. Typically, phishing attacks will lead the recipient to a Web page designed to simulate the visual identity of a target organization, and to gather personal information about the user, the victim having knowledge of the attack.

The essence of deprivation of the right to engage in certain activities as a punishment for an offense under Art. 264 of the Criminal Code

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Ольга Александровна Беларева
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
The Road ◽  
Paradoxical Situation ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Principle Of Justice ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right

В статье рассматривается сущность лишения права заниматься определенной деятельностью как обязательного дополнительного наказания за преступление, предусмотренное ст. 264 УК РФ. В большинстве приговоров по ст. 264 УК РФ дополнительное наказание сформулировано как лишение права заниматься деятельностью, связанной с управлением транспортным средством. Однако использование в приговорах единой формулировки не снимает вопросов, связанных с толкованием объема назначенных судом ограничений. Автором выделены два подхода к определению содержания понятия «транспортные средства»: широкий, включающий все виды транспортных средств, и узкий, включающий только механические транспортные средства. Анализ судебных решений позволяет сделать вывод об отсутствии единообразного подхода к определению содержания наказания в виде лишения права заниматься деятельностью, связанной с управлением транспортными средствами. Показано, что в практике применения наказания за преступления, предусмотренные ст. 264 УК РФ, сложилась парадоксальная ситуация: лицо, нарушившее правила дорожного движения, лишается права управления всеми видами транспортных средств. По мнению автора, такая ситуация нарушает принцип справедливости: характер наказания не соответствует характеру совершенного преступления. В целях единообразного применения уголовного закона Пленуму Верховного суда РФ следует разъяснить, что суды должны конкретизировать вид транспортных средств, права управления которыми лишается осужденный, исходя из характера совершенного преступления. The article deals with the essence of deprivation of the right to engage in certain activities as a mandatory additional punishment for a crime under Art. 264 of the Criminal Code. In most of the sentences under Art. 264 of the criminal code additional punishment is formulated as deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to driving. However, the use of a single wording in sentences does not remove questions of interpretation of the scope of the court's limitations. The author identifies two approaches to the definition of the concept of “vehicles”: wide, including all types of vehicles, and narrow, including only mechanical vehicles. Analysis of court decisions leads to the conclusion that there is no uniform approach to determining the content of the penalty in the form of deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the management of vehicles. The article shows that in the practice of punishment for the crimes provided for in the Art. 264 the criminal code, there is a paradoxical situation: a person who violates the rules of the road, is deprived of the right to control all types of vehicles. According to the author, this situation violates the principle of justice: the nature of the punishment does not correspond to the nature of the crime committed. For the purpose of uniform application of the criminal law to the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation it is necessary to explain that courts have to specify a type of vehicles which right of management is deprived condemned, proceeding from character of the committed crime.

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