Statutory definitions of the types of acts prohibited related to having sexual relationship with a minor in Polish Penal Codes – cross-cuttingly Cover Image

Znamiona typów czynów zabronionych dotyczących utrzymywania kontaktów seksualnych z małoletnim w polskich kodeksach karnych – ujęcie przekrojowe
Statutory definitions of the types of acts prohibited related to having sexual relationship with a minor in Polish Penal Codes – cross-cuttingly

Author(s): Patrycja Wójtowicz
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Criminology
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: paedophilia; minor; definitions;

Summary/Abstract: Legislator describes and specifies particular types of acts prohibited by means of definitions. Over the course of 80 years, starting from the Penal Code of 1932, some further changes have been implemented (both related to the classification of acts and their specification by means of definitions). This paper indicates the evolution of these definitions, which served to describe the act prohibited in form of having sexual relationship with a minor. The current Penal Code of 1997 including the last amendment from the fifth of November, 2009 which implemented two new types of acts prohibited constitutes the frame of reference. This paper will attempt to capture cross-cuttingly the definitions by means of which the following legislator formed the prohibited act of having sexual relationship with a minor.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 51-64
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish