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Znaczenie odmienności kulturowej sprawcy dla oceny stopnia społecznej szkodliwości czynu zabronionego
Significance of differences in offender cultural identity in assessing the degree of injury to the public caused by an offense

Author(s): Dominika Bek
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Criminology, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: social harmfulness of the criminal act; motivation of the perpetrator; cultural defence;

Summary/Abstract: Subject of the paper is contained in reflections on the cultural defense. The author tries to determine the importance of offender’s culture for assessing the degree of social noxiousness of his criminal act. The analysis is based on the Polish Criminal Code.

  • Issue Year: 14/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 109-121
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish