Criminality and Addiction

Tešović, Olga (2024) Criminality and Addiction. In: International scientific conference "Archibald Reiss Days", 8-9. November 2023. University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, Belgrade, pp. 171-182. ISBN 978-86-7020-512-3; 978-86-7020-190-3

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Abstract

One of the features of modern criminal law is undoubtedly the fact that the perpetrators of various crimes, mostly those against life, body, and property, are persons who are addicted to alcohol or psy�choactive substances. The problem of criminality and addiction does not lose its topicality over years; on the contrary, it increasingly attracts the attention of various scientific disciplines aiming to find an adequate solution to eliminate the cause of illegal behavior - addiction. Therefore, the author points to this consistent problem in modern criminal law, with an analysis of criminal law provisions in this area in the law of the Republic of Serbia, as well as judicial practice. Special attention has been given to international standards in this area and the way in which this problem is solved in comparative law, and the practice of the so-called therapeutic courts in predominantly Anglo-Saxon criminal justice systems where the solution is found in less formal procedures with the application of non-custodial sanctions and measures and in a multidisciplinary approach. The aim of the paper is to point out the importance of this universal problem in modern criminal law, and that the existing domestic legal solutions and court practice in the case of criminal acts committed due to alcohol or drug addiction can undoubtedly be enriched and improved with a modern judicial concept, which does not prioritize punishment but the application of various alternative measures with the primary goal of rehabilitating the offender.

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