Pathways to the criminalisation of emotional distress: an offence- and harm-based typology

The article examines the criminalisation of causing negative emotional states in others and pursues a principled response to the question under which conditions, in a liberal democratic society, it is legitimate to criminalise human conduct that leads to emotional distress in others. Its main aim is...

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Main Author: Peršak, Nina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: International journal of law, crime and justice
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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