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UNIT 14 Diminished Responsibility Snježana Husinec, PhD shusinec@pravo.hr

UNIT 14 Diminished Responsibility Snježana Husinec, PhD shusinec@pravo.hr. Diminished Responsibility. = an unbalanced state of mind which is considered to make a person less answerable for a crime = such abnormality of mind that substantially

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UNIT 14 Diminished Responsibility Snježana Husinec, PhD shusinec@pravo.hr

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  1. UNIT 14 DiminishedResponsibility Snježana Husinec, PhD shusinec@pravo.hr

  2. DiminishedResponsibility = an unbalanced state of mind which is considered to make a person less answerable for a crime = such abnormality of mind that substantially impairsa person’s responsibility in committing or being a party to an alleged violation AE diminished capacity

  3. Diminishedresponsibility What are the general defencesthatcanbeused to absolve/exempt/exoneratefromciriminalliability? Why do youthinkdiminishedresponsibilityisn’t one ofthem? Readthetext on p. 134 andcheckyouranswer.

  4. HomicideAct 1957 Study an excerpt from section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957 and answer the questions in ex. III

  5. R v Dietschmann (2003) StudythefactsofthecasefromthejudgementoftheHouseofLords on p. 135/136 andextractthefollowinginformation: Defendant:______________ Victim:___________ Descriptionofcriminalact:________________ Mentalstate:________________

  6. R v Dietschmann (2003) BEFORE THE APPEAL – additional information The appellant had been having a relationship with his aunt who was much older than him and was a drug addict. The appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for an offence he had committed and the relationship continued during his stay in prison. She wrote to him every day and visited him. Unfortunately his aunt died whilst he was in prison. A month before she died, the aunt gave him a watch. He reacted badly to the death of his aunt and had attempted suicide. He was released from prison a month after her death and began drinking heavily. He was also prescribed prozac by his doctor. Two weeks after his release, he was drinking with two men at the home where he was staying. They were dancing and the watch given to him by his aunt fell off his arm. The appellant accused Nicholas Davies of breaking it. He then punched and kicked him to death in a violent attack. He was convicted of murder and appealed.

  7. R v Dietschmann (2003) What did the House of Lords decide? Do ex. V, VI and VII.

  8. Translateinto Croatian. to impair mental responsibility = to plead the defence of diminished responsibility = to absolve/exempt from criminal liability = to satisfy the court =

  9. White collarcrime = a wide variety of crimes, but they all typically involve crime committed through deceit and motivated by financial gain. The most common white collar crimes are: • various types of fraud (eg. securities fraud, insurance fraud) • embezzlement, • tax evasion, • money laundering, • Ponzi schemes,etc.

  10. White collarcrimein Croatia – Vocabularypractice Fill in the gaps with appropriate terms and expressions from below. state attorney - counterfeiting - searched on warrants - Chief State Prosecutor's Office - raids - remand - pre-trial detention - suspected white-collar crime - preliminary investigation - charges Police arrest top Agrokor executives, owner said to be out of Croatia ZAGREB (Croatia), October 16 - Top executives of Croatia's Agrokor have been arrested on Monday morning under an investigation into ____________________ and ________________ in the ailing concern, according to a live-stream of the police action on HRT public broadcaster. Ivica Todoric, owner of Croatia's largest privately-held group, is said to be out of the country. Police ____________ involving some 300 police officers are currently underway at an estimated 60 locations in the city, according to the HRT live-stream.

  11. White collarcrimein Croatia – Vocabularypractice Among those arrested on Monday morning are former financial executive at Agrokor, Ivan Crnjac; senior executive vice-president LjerkaPuljic - Todoric's closest associate; Todoric's son-in-law and executive vice-president for central procurement and corporate services, HrvojeBalent; as well as several other members of the concern's management and supervisory boards.  According to local media reports, the _______________ will decide as early as Monday whether to propose to _________________ the arrested persons. If the investigating judge decides to impose ______________________ , the persons may be held for up to 12 months without _____________ being laid, according to law.  The ______________________ (DORH) announced on Monday that a ____________________ of suspected white-collar crime and counterfeiting is underway in Zagreb. DORH did not disclose the name of the company under investigation but noted that 15 persons were currently being _________________ issued by an investigating judge.

  12. Findthewordsthatcollocateandthen use thecollocations to formtruesentences. Supplementthesentenceswiththeadditionalinformationthatyouknowof. suspect arrest troubled avoid warrant prime top extradition firm lawyer

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