Professional paper
Drug Addiction as Criminogenic Factor
Marija Markus Klarić
; Government of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Dubravko Klarić
; Committee for the Prevention of Drug Abuse Zagreb County, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Drug abuse as a form of deviation from legal and moral norm usually leads to illegal, criminal behaviour.
Drug addiction presents just one piece of a puzzle which might lead to a realisation of various criminal acts. Two modalities have to be taken into consideration, on the one hand, perpetration of different criminal offences under the influence of drugs and on the other hand, an acquisition and drug consummation. A criminogenic factor which shall determine a dimension of criminal behaviour comprises of addict's subjective circumstances such as his addiction such as poor material condition, the high price of drugs and increasing desire for the same. This type of criminal can be considered as an acquired criminal, since if the addiction did not occur, the addict would most likely not be engaged in the criminal behaviour since his criminal personality might not be formed in that manner. An issue of an addict's criminal liability, his subjective guilt, is layered and complex. The meaning of addiction as a criminogenic factor will also depend on the personality of an addict himself. Since drug addiction undeniably alters personal traits, a criminalistic analysis should take into an account also other potential criminogenic factors, such as the life situation of a person prior to the drug abuse.
Keywords
drug; addiction; personality; crime; criminogenic factor; culpability
Hrčak ID:
237974
URI
Publication date:
12.5.2020.
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