Criminal Offenses Against Life and Body According to the Criminal Code of Kosovo
Abstract
The research aims to make the definition of the criminal offense “murder” according to several different authors, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo, and the description of the most used methods of murder, motives that affect the commission of a crime, and victimization. Each person may commit a crime that is foreseen in the Criminal Code and for each crime are foreseen the circumstances on the basis of which the penalties prescribed by the Criminal Code of each country are determined. The most widespread form of criminality is the crime of murder, which has been and continues to be present in all societies and as such means the unlawful deprivation of a person from life. Violation of the legal norms of a state implies crime, while the offender in this case is called a criminal. Criminals are individuals who have committed a crime and a small minority in society, who differ from persons who commit accidental crimes, because in this case criminals commit crimes in a planned manner. The research aims to compare the sentences for the criminal offense of murder under the Criminal Code of Kosovo and the Criminal Code of Albania. I divided the paper into four chapters. In the first chapter, I presented the criminal offense of murder, its definition according to some perpetrators and the Criminal Code of Kosovo. The second chapter includes factors affecting the commission of the criminal offense of murder and statistical data from various sources. The third chapter includes victims of the crime of murder. In the fourth chapter, is described the mos used motives and methods for committing the crime of murder.
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