CANIBALISMUL: ASPECTE JURIDICO-PENALE ŞI CRIMINOLOGICE

Adriana EŞANU, Alexandru BOT Catedra Drept Penal şi Criminologie

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Cannibalism reveals the most terrifying fear among the members of the society; its intimidating effects generate the need of research of the motivational aspect of the criminal in connection with the forms that can be embraced by this phenomenon. The purpose of this study can not be reduced only to an investigation concerning the subjective elements of the criminal mind, but it is extended to the legal qualification of the crime in the circumstance of its varied forms. In addition we have tried to answer the following question: Do cannibals suffer of mental problems that fit in the concept of irresponsibility or they are fully responsible, but having a total lack of morality? To achieve the proposed priorities in this article, there have been investigated sources regarding cannibal crime-actions and sentence solutions.