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КУЋНИ ЗАТВОР И АЛТЕРНАТИВНЕ САНКЦИЈЕ
JAIL HOUSE AND ALTERNATIVE SANCTIONS

Author(s): Branka M. Pavlović, Jelena Pušac Broćilović
Subject(s): Sociology, Criminology, Penology, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: CENTAR MODERNIH ZNANJA
Keywords: prison; freedom; alternative sanctions; detention; justice;

Summary/Abstract: Penalty of imprisonment constitutes a restriction on the free movement of persons who have been sentenced on penalty of imprisonment, in criminal, misdemeanor or other court proceedings. Its purpose is to prepare for life in freedom, in accordance with the laws and social norms, with humane treatment and the preservation of the dignity of the person who is serving penalty of imprisonment. From the standpoint of civilization movement, the most valuable is the right to life, and then, it is quite reasonably abandonment of the death penalty. Analogously, the European Convention on Human Rights, as a legal act of the Council of Europe (1949), guarantees the fundamental rights and freedoms, and is in second place, in that scale of human rights, right to liberty of movement. On this basis, in this paper attention will be paid to support the use of alternative sanctions and finding solutions restorative justice, especially when they are in the focus of certain categories of offenders and certain types of crime. In an attempt to come up with appropriate solutions, this paper deals with an alternative sanctions, with particular reference to "house arrest", restorative justice, juridical and institutional framework for the application of alternative sanctions.

  • Issue Year: I/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 216-227
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bosnian, Serbian