SECURITY MEASURES APPLICABLE TO ADDICTED
OFFENDERS UNDER THE REGULATION OF THE AMENDMENT OF THE 1 OF JULY 2015 Cover Image

ŚRODKI ZABEZPIECZAJĄCE DLA SPRAWCÓW PRZESTĘPSTW POPEŁNIONYCH W ZWIĄZKU Z UZALEŻNIENIEM W ŚWIETLE USTAWY Z DNIA 20 LUTEGO 2015 R. O ZMIANIE USTAWY – KODEKS KARNY ORAZ NIEKTÓRYCH INNYCH USTAW ‒ „NOWELI LUTOWEJ”1
SECURITY MEASURES APPLICABLE TO ADDICTED OFFENDERS UNDER THE REGULATION OF THE AMENDMENT OF THE 1 OF JULY 2015

Author(s): Maciej Tygielski
Subject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: penal law; penitentiary law; preventive measures; medicalisation of law; connection between crime and addiction; compulsory detoxification treatment; imprisonment for an indefinite period

Summary/Abstract: This article is focused on the actual position of security measures applicable to addicted offenders in the criminal justice system as well as in the Polish penal debate. The most important problems that occurred in this context were: intersection of medical and juridical authorities in administration of justice (with domination of the experts appointed by the court), protection of the inmates rights and the possibilities of reduction of the isolation penalties and introducing forms of penal reaction that are adapted to specific criminal etiology. Reflections regarding the amendment that took effect on the 1 of July 2015 were conducted in the fields of law-abidingness, efficiency and effectiveness of the preventive measures. The obtained results allow to appraise positively such specific solutions in general, but also show their limits, organizational difficulties and potential threats.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 78
  • Page Range: 474-496
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish