PRACTICE OF ASSIGNING A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE REPEATEDLY COMMITTED CRIMES TO ENSURE RESOCIALIZATION

[Destructiveness of the perpetrators who have committed crimes and misdemeanors].

INTRODUCTION Destructiveness in aggressive behavior is interpreted as having many causes, the psychiatric ones being of biological, social and psychopathological nature. This study was aimed at examining the differences among the perpetrators who have committed crimes and misdemeanors in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period from January 1st, 2003 to December 31st, 2012. MATERIAL AND METHODS T...

Resocialization and Correcting Criminals in Iran’s Criminal Policy

Correcting criminals and making them back to the society is the ultimate goal of all criminal systems in the world. No country is willing to keep its citizens away from the society due to a crime they commit. One of the main concerns in criminal policy is resocialization of criminals who, after having been punished, have regretted their act and so-called repented and want to return to society b...

Mentally ill persons who commit crimes: punishment or treatment?

In many countries, there continue to be conflicting opinions and mechanisms regarding the appropriateness of treatment and/or punishment for mentally ill individuals who commit crimes. The general population is concerned with public safety and often finds it difficult to accept the possibility that a mentally ill individual who commits a crime can be hospitalized and eventually discharged, some...

Iran Criminal Policy Due to Electronic Crimes

One of the most dangerous crimes that compromise socio-economical and political securities of the society is electronic crimes that have been manifested in the world era with its modern forms simultaneously with development in science and technology so the only condition for fighting against modern crimes and their prevention is to identify, analyze and recognize completely how they are committ...

Offense to Others: The Moral Limits of the Criminal