A Multi-Stage Framework of Textual Criminal Cases Categorization: Criminal and Legal Elements Approach

This paper proposes an identification framework of the possible criminal offences charges based on textual criminal cases of the Civil Law system. The framework is constructed as the model, devised as a multi-stage based on the defined charges structure in criminal law codes. The first stage is to modularly identify type of action which is designed based on the offences charges abstractly categorized by defined criminal elements. The second stage is to identify the additional legal elements, leading to general provisions which may affect to the sentence or amount of punishments. This classification stage is designed as multiple autonomous classification system. The integrated model is expected to be able to categorize charge type and provisional legal elements and to predict the final possible sentence and range of punishment. An evaluation aims to achieve high accuracy of classification while reserving explainable results, which is required in an application of legal domain.