Professional paper

Paedophile registry, pro et contra

Stefan Martinić

Abstract

This paper analyses arguments for and against the paedophile registry as an institute
in the world, and as something implemented on 1st January 2013 in the Republic of Croatia
through the Act on Legal Consequences of Conviction, on Criminal record and Rehabilitation.
The basis for the discussion was the fundamental function of the state which served as
criteria of justification of different types of the paedophile registry analyzed in the paper. As
main pro and contra arguments: principle of proportionality, right to privacy, right of access
to information, dark figure data and recidivism rates. Moreover the paper presents the
delicate problematic of rehabilitation. At the end of the paper, special attention was given
to comparative law and the European Council’s Convention on the Protection of Children
against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse.

Keywords

criminal record; proportionality test; recidivism; information privacy; right of access to information

Hrčak ID:

133376

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/133376

Publication date:

24.1.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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