PARTIAL CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY - FINLAND

• NCJ Number: 29244
• Author(s): K Aromaa
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 49 pages
• Corporate Author: Helsinki Institute of Criminology
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Country: Finland

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF THE PURPOSES, OPERATION, AND EFFECTS OF THE INTERMEDIARY CASE OF PARTIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE THREE STAGE SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FINNISH PENAL CODE.

Abstract

THE QUESTION OF DIFFERENT DEGREES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY IS OF CENTRAL IMPORTANCE IN DECIDING WHICH ASPECT OF SENTENCING SHOULD BE GIVEN MORE WEIGHT, THE ASPECT OF PUNISHMENT OR THE ASPECT OF TREATMENT. PRESENTED ARE STATISTICS CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF PARTIAL RESPONSIBILITY BY THE FINNISH COURTS, INCLUDING JUDICIAL DECISIONS, CHARACTERISTICS OF OFFENDERS AND OFFENSES, AND EFFECTS ON SENTENCING PATTERNS. --IN FINNISH. SUMMARY IN ENGLISH