Citation

Shestak VA, Egorova ZS. Vopr Istor 2021; 2021(4_2): 224-230.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Izd-vo "Pravda")

DOI

10.31166/VoprosyIstorii202104Statyi61

PMID

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Abstract

Suicide cases in the world are increasing every year. One of the reasons is the excitement by malefactors of a person's desire to commit suicide. With the progressive development of technology, the Internet begins to act as a platform for committing this crime. The article provides a comparative legal analysis of the common law countries legislation, precedents are considered. The authors come to the conclusion that there is no uniform elaborated position on the qualification of a person's inclination to suicide in these countries. © 2021, Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Istorii (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of General Hist. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Criminal responsibility; Inducement to suicide; Common law countries; Comparative jurisprudence; Qualification of crimes