| Title |
Socialinės brandos sampratos ir turinio problema sprendžiant jaunų pilnamečių (18-20 metų) baudžiamosios atsakomybės klausimą / |
| Translation of Title |
The social maturity of young adults (18-20 years) as the factor for application the peculiarities of juvenile criminal responsibility. |
| Authors |
Ūselė, Laura |
| DOI |
10.15388/Teise.2011.0.181 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Teisė / Vilniaus universitetas.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2011, t. 78, p. 182-196.. ISSN 1392-1274 |
| Abstract [eng] |
The article deals with the newly distinguished age group of young adults in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania. Legal norms foresee the possibility to apply the peculiarities of juvenile criminal responsibility to young adults (18–20 years), when their social maturity is equal to juvenile‘s maturity. The term of social maturity in this context creates the intersection of criminal law, criminology, psychology and sociology and makes the judicial practice applying the legal norm of young adults complicated. The author analyzes the concept and content of social maturity both from legal and psychological perspective, a lot of attention paying to the practice of Lithuanian courts in criminal cases of young offenders. The author argues that the ambiguous concept of social maturity is the main reason why the evaluation of young adults’ social maturity is so rare. In judicial practice the content of social maturity is usually identified from the character of the criminal offence, motive and other circumstances that seem important for the judge. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2011 |
| CC license |
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