scholarly journals Direction for the program for abusers or probation program: a practical aspect

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Tetiana NIKIFOROVA

Introduction. Restrictive measures applied to perpetrators of domestic violence are a relatively new type of criminal law measure provided for in current criminal law. The legislative and scientific novelty of these measures, the inconsistency norms of legislative acts, which regulate the procedure for their appointment and implementation, cause problems and difficulties in their practical application. Purpose. Analysis of the practice of restrictive measures provided for in paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Art. 91-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine, revealing of problems and difficulties of their appointment and performance and statement of offers concerning possible overcoming of these problems, by elimination of legislative gaps and contradictions. Results. The article analyzes the practice of prescribing and implementing such restrictive measures applicable to perpetrators of domestic violence as "direction for program for abusers" and "direction for probation program". Problems and difficulties that arise due to the ambiguity of the wording of criminal law, the inconsistency of regulations governing the appointment and implementation of relevant measures, as well as the lack of professionalism of the judges. In particular, it was established that the judges did not specify which restrictive measure provided for in paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Article 91-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine should be applied to the convict, because it contains two different in content and procedure. This makes it impossible to enforce the sentence. Also, the lack of a mechanism for interaction of probation authorities with local state administrations and local self-government authorities makes it impossible for probation authorities to exercise control over convicts who are sent to undergo a program for abusers. Conclusion. It is proposed to amend Art. 91-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine "About probation" and other regulatory legal acts, for the purpose of elimination of the analyzed problems of application of restrictive measures.

2021 ◽  
pp. 100-110
Author(s):  
Tetiana NIKIFOROVA

The grounds and conditions for the application of restrictive measures applied to persons, who have committed domestic violence, are provided in Art. 911 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. It is established that in the science of criminal law there is a unanimous position that the basis for the application of restrictive measures under Art. 911 of the Criminal Code is the commission by a person of a crime related to domestic violence, and the conditions are: 1) sentencing a person not related to imprisonment; 2) release of a person from criminal liability on the grounds provided by the Criminal Code; 3) release of a person from punishment on the grounds provided by the Criminal Code. These conditions are alternative. The content of the concept of «crime related to domestic violence» is analyzed and it is established that it should be understood more broadly than the act provided for in Art. 1261 of the Criminal Code «Domestic Violence». It is proposed to add to Art. 911 of the Criminal Code a note explaining the meaning of the term «criminal offense related to domestic violence», where it is necessary to note that this concept is broader than the crime under Art. 1261 of the Criminal Code. The content of each of the conditions of application of restrictive measures is analyzed. It has been established that in the application of restrictive measures during the imposition of non-custodial sentences in practice there are problems with the interpretation of the relevant concept. It is proposed to clarify the meaning of the concept of «punishment not related to imprisonment» in Art. 911 of the Criminal Code. It is also established that the application of restrictive measures in releasing a person from criminal liability is a declarative norm and is subject to exclusion from the conditions of application of restrictive measures due to the incompatibility of the latter with the nature of exemption from criminal liability. The legislation clearly regulates the procedure for applying restrictive measures to persons released from serving a probation sentence. A number of problems that arise during the control over the behaviour of persons to whom restrictive measures have been applied by the probation authorities have also been identified. The solution to these problems is possible by harmonizing the provisions of the Criminal Code and the Law of Ukraine «On Probation», as well as other regulations governing the activities of probation bodies. It is proposed to refer the application of restrictive measures to supervisory probation, which will lead to a number of changes to the articles of the Law of Ukraine «On Probation» in terms of regulation of supervisory probation, to refer to probation subjects persons subject to restrictive measures, and to exclude the fact that it is assigned to a person released from serving a probation sentence, and in the regulations governing the development and implementation of probation programs to provide for their application to persons to whom restrictive measures have been applied. It is concluded that the probation body should be endowed with a coordinating function to implement all restrictive measures and it is necessary at the level of bylaws to establish a clear procedure for interaction of the probation body with the National Police, local state administrations and local governments to control the behaviour of individuals, which the appropriate restrictive measure is applied.


Author(s):  
А. Ye. Oliinychenko

The article is devoted to the study of the system of state measures applied to persons, who are suspected, accused of committing or having committed domestic violence, as well as determining the place of restrictive measures of a criminal law nature in the proposed system. For this purpose, it is necessary to conduct an analysis of the legislative regulation of state measures applicable to persons suspected of committing or having committed domestic violence at all levels of №rmative legal regulation; to delimitate the terms “restrictive measure”, “precautionary measure”, “restrictive prescription” and “temporary prohibition injunction” and to analyse the expediency of the new term “security measures” proposed by the draft of the new Criminal Code of Ukraine. The result of the conducted study is an analysis of the existing state measures to combat domestic violence in order to form a system of special measures to combat domestic violence, as well as examination of the issue concerning the place of restrictive measures of a criminal law nature  applicable to persons having committed domestic violence. So, today, the system of special measures to combat domestic violence consists of types of measures to temporarily restrict the rights and obligations of the perpetrator who committed domestic violence, as well as to a person suspected, accused or committed a criminal offense related to domestic violence. The types of such measures are taking the offender into preventive registration and carrying out preventive work with him; referral of the offender to the offender program; a temporary injunction; a restrictive prescription of a civil nature a restrictive measure of a criminal procedure nature applicable to persons suspected or accused of committing domestic violence; and  a restrictive measure of a criminal nature nature applicable to persons who have committed domestic violence having different preconditions, grounds , subjects and the term of appointment, but have the sole intention of protecting persons suffering from domestic violence.


Author(s):  
YU.M. Plish

Domestic criminal law is being in constant dynamics, so it means that the norms of the current legislation are being improved, new, previously unknown, criminal-legal categories are being introduced, recommendations of in¬ternational institutions are taken into account, etc. Not an exception in this process is chapter XIII-1 of the General part of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which regulates restrictive measures (these provisions came into force on January 11, 2019). From the moment of the regulation of restrictive measures in the Criminal Code of Ukraine, they have acquired the status of criminal-legal measures. Restrictive measures have a specific purpose - to protect the victim from a person who has committed a socially dangerous act, to protect against committing a socially danger¬ous act in relation to the victim in the future, to minimize the interaction between the person, who is in a dangerous state, and the victim, if such has the significant risks.This scientific article analyzes the conditions of application of restrictive measures in criminal law, in particular, it is determined that the concept of «crime related to domestic violence» is broader than the concept of «domestic violence» in Article 126-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and can be used not only in the commission of this crime, but also in other socially dangerous acts that have signs of domestic violence; some considerations regarding the improvement of the grounds for the application of restrictive measures are highlighted; the correlation between the requirements of international acts and current provisions on restrictive measures is considered.A detailed analysis of the types of restrictive measures that are in the Criminal Code of Ukraine was made. The need for some legislative changes and additions is argued, this concerns the wording of the names of types of restric¬tive measures; new concepts that should be enshrined at the legislative level; meaningful content of such varieties. The conclusion was made that the regulation of restrictive measures in the Criminal Code of Ukraine is a positive step, but due to the novelty of this legal category there is a need for their partial editing and changes.


Author(s):  
Olha Bespal

It was stated that the problem of domestic violence for Ukraine remains relevant. This is evidenced not only by official statistics, but also by the number of people seeking help. A positive step in combating domestic violence is to complement the Criminal Code of Ukraine Art. 126-1. However, the disposition of this article contains some inaccuracies, among them the need to clarify which persons fall under the protection of this article. There is a similar problem in the draft Criminal Code of Ukraine, which the working group is currently working on. The article notes that an understanding of who may be victims of domestic violence as a criminal offense has a great scientific and practical importance. Because it will affect not only the correct criminal law qualification and the imposition of a fair and sufficient punishment, but also the application (or non-application) of restrictive measures against the offender, depending on how the person's actions will be qualified. The author analyzed the concepts of «close relations», «family relations», «close persons». As a result, it was concluded that these categories do not cover all persons protected by the Law of Ukraine «On Prevention and Counteraction to Domestic Violence». Therefore, to eliminate the inconsistency of criminal law with this Law, it is proposed in the disposition of Art. 126-1 «Domestic violence» of the Criminal Сode of Ukraine the phrase «concerning the spouse or the former spouse or other person with whom the guilty is (was) in family or close relations» and also in Art. 4.7.3. «Domestic violence» of the draft Criminal Code of Ukraine shall replace the phrase «concerning a spouse or other close person, including a former one» replaced by «concerning a person covered by the Law of Ukraine «On Prevention and Counteraction to Domestic Violence».


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Aneta Michalska-Warias

<p>The paper discusses the concept of a terrorist threat in the light of Article 115 § 20 of the Polish Criminal Code. The author stresses the relationship between this term and the punishable threat described in the special part of the Criminal Code. The conducted analysis leads to the conclusion that the terrorist threat must be treated as a special type of the punishable threat and, as a result, many real terrorist threats may not meet the criteria of a forbidden act, e.g. because of the lack of an individualised victim. As a result, there appear serious doubts as to whether Polish criminal law meets the requirements of EU law referring to the criminalisation of terrorist threats and, therefore, the introduction of a new type of offence of a terrorist threat and some changes in Article 115 § 20 and Article 115 § 12 of the Criminal Code have been proposed.</p>


Temida ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Marissabell Skoric

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.


Author(s):  
Viktoriia Shpiliarevych

The article states that domestic violence, existing in all spheres of public life, as a result leads into the destruction of family values, violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, makes an irreparable impact on mental and physical health of victims. Therefore, since ancient times it has been a problem of human existence, and, unfortunately, it is to remain relevant nowadays. In modern social developments, counteraction of domestic violence is one of the priorities not only of internal policy of any state, but also an issue of international criminal law policy. In particular, the study of about its extension in different countries proves the international nature of this negative social phenomenon. The fact that counteraction of domestic violence has become a part of Ukraine's domestic policy to create a society free of gender-based violence, was finally affirmed on November 7, 2011, when the Ukrainian state joined the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence adopted by the Council of Europe of May 11, 2011. The most important event in the history of criminal law policy in the field of domestic violence was the adoption on December 6, 2017, of the bills «On Amendments to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes of Ukraine to implement the Council of Europe' Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence». As a result, on January 11, 2019, the General and Special parts of the Criminal Code of Ukraine were supplemented with a number of norms related to the scope of counteraction of this negative social phenomenon.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Wayan Suardana ◽  
I Made Walesa Putra

Nusa Penida is an island which located on southeast of Bali and separated by the Badung Strait. By a variety of tourist pulling magnets to come to Nusa Penida, it also gives effect to the occurrence of crime. The purposes of the research are to develop the science of law, especially in the field of criminal law and to know and study the type and frequency of crime in Nusa Penida Tourism Area so that it can be constructed effective countermeasures formulation. The method used in the achievement of research objectives, methods of approach Juridical Empirical, namely legal research by way of existing facts approach by way of conducting observations and research through in-depth interviews of the object research. The result of the research shows that there are many types of criminal acts in Nusa Penida area, the most often frequency is the persecution of 24 reports, then theft of 12 reports, then another conventional crime based on data obtained from 2014 until 2017, crimes of a conventional type as stipulated in the Criminal Code and there are crimes that are classified as specific criminal acts such as narcotics abuse. Some obstacles are the existence of darknumber by reason; the omission of the community such as perceiving such acts as cock fighting, seeing guests using addictive drugs, there is also not want to take a risk by  reporting an incident, even the police sometimes do not take action or ignore a suspected incident is a crime because it avoids the occurrence of threats to the apparatus itself. Criminalization committed against such crimes as stipulated by the Criminal Code, namely Article 351, 362, 184, 338, 406, 385, 310, 187, 303, 368 and 285. However, there are also crimes threatened with the provisions of the law outside the Criminal Code : Law No. 23 of 2004 on Elimination of Domestic Violence and Law No. 22 of 2009 on Road Traffic and Transportation. There are other obstacles in relation to law enforcement in Nusa Penida crime, which is still unclear authority between Nusa Penida Police Station and Klungkung Police because of the type of crime they handled.


Author(s):  
Vladimir Tunin ◽  
Natal'ya Radoshnova

The article considers the practical effectiveness of the criminal law prohibition in combating economic crime in the Russian Federation. 22nd Chapter of the Criminal code currently includes 58 articles. This is maximum number of articles in relation to other chapters of the criminal code, in the same Chapter of the Criminal code. Accordingly the need for such a number of prohibitions in the economic sphere should be confirmed by judicial practice. However, a completely different picture emerges. Based on the analysis of the statistical reports of the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the authors conclude that the enforcement practice in cases of economic crimes is insufficient.The authors express their opinion on the reasons for the ineffectiveness of the practical application of the articles constituting the 22nd Chapter of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation, and suggest ways to address them.


2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 10016
Author(s):  
Elena Millerova ◽  
Igor Napkhanenko ◽  
Alexander Fedorov

This article is devoted to the study of the negative aspects of the impact of the Internet on the life and health of persons who have not reached the age of majority in Russia (that is, the age of 18), as well as the criminal law and forensic possibilities of countering this. In the article, the authors goes by the types of information that are legally prohibited for distribution among minors in the Russian Federation. Having analyzed the types of this prohibited information, the authors identified exactly those types that can threaten the life and health of children. The article examines the problematic aspects of familiarizing minors with such information on the Internet, analyzes the norms of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provide for criminal liability for the distribution of this information on the Internet. The practical aspect of this study is expressed in the analysis of the issues of qualification of such crimes, their differentiation with similar elements of administrative offenses. As a result of the analysis of these criminal law norms, the authors have identified a number of gaps that need to be filled. In this regard, in order to increase the effectiveness of the criminal law struggle against the negative impact of the Internet on the life and health of minors, some amendments to the articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are proposed. The article also analyzes the forensic aspects applicable to this topic, namely, it examines some features and problems of identifying, disclosing and investigating crimes committed against minors with the use of the Internet. The author's conclusions and suggestions on this matter are expressed.


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