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САУЧЕСНИШТВО У САВРЕМЕНОМ КРИВИЧНОМ ПРАВУ
Complicity in the Contemporary Criminal Law

Author(s): Dragan Jovašević
Subject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Нишу
Keywords: criminal offence; multiple participants; complicity; intent; criminal liability; punishment

Summary/Abstract: A criminal offence may be committed by a single person or it may include the participation of a number of people. In the latter case, it gives rise to criminal complicity. Criminal complicity implies that there is a number of persons who are either physically or mentally, directly or indirectly involved in the criminal activity, either in the same or in different locations. All the persons who take part in the joint action are called accomplices, whose collaboration is a significant factor in the commission of crime. However, complicity is not just a specific criminal offence including a number of persons whose collaboration has produced some consequences punishable under criminal law; it is also a special form of crime - collective crime, which is much more dangerousthan individual crime. Depending on the kind of criminal activity as well as the mode of participation and collaboration in the activity, there are ample types of complicity. In this paper, the author analyzes the concept, characteristics, contents, types and specific features of the criminal act of complicity in the contemporary criminal law.

  • Issue Year: LIII/2014
  • Issue No: 67
  • Page Range: 157-168
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Serbian