Legal Gap and/or Lack of Analysis of Criminal Offences against the Croatian Armed Forces

Authors

  • Ivan Trlin
  • Dijana Gracin

Keywords:

criminal acts, armed forces, Croatian armed forces, analysis, Criminal Code, comparative review

Abstract

Criminal offences committed against the Croatian Armed Forces constitute a special chapter of the Criminal Code, which consists of a total of 23 criminal offences. The specificity of these criminal acts lies in the possible circle of perpetrators and the conditioned state when the acts can be committed – a state of war or of immediate threat. This paper examines the available literature on the subject and analyses in detail the current state of affairs for the relevant chapter of the Criminal Code. The mentioned topic is not represented by other authors of criminal justice topics due to the low representation of the aforementioned criminal acts, as well as the underrepresentation of filed criminal reports concerning criminal offences from Chapter 34 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Croatia. The paper provides an overview of criminal offences against the armed forces using the examples of Slovenia, Serbia,
Hungary, Germany, and the USA. This paper is product of authors’ efforts to investigate the topic and provide core basis for future research.

Author Biographies

Ivan Trlin

Cadet staff sergeant IVAN TRLIN (ivan.trlin@unizg.hr) is a senior student of Military Leadership and Management, Military Police branch, at the Croatian Defence Academy. In 2018, Trlin joined the Trnje Volunteer Fire Department and has been serving ever since. He also participated in calls after the massive earthquake in Zagreb in 2021. In 2020, he was awarded a Medal for Help and Sacrifice by the Croatian Fire Commander. In 2018, he was elected a Benjamin Franklin Fellowship scholar by the U.S. Government at Wake Forest University (class of summer 2018). In September 2022, he was awarded the Rector’s (President’s) Award at the University of Zagreb.

Dijana Gracin

DIJANA GRACIN PhD. (gdijana39@gmail.com), Assistant Professor at the Military Studies of the University of Zagreb, and the Vice-Dean for Science, Development, and Quality Management at the Croatian Defence Academy “Dr. Franjo Tuđman”. She teaches Criminal law, Criminal procedural law, and Criminology. Also, she is the author and co-author of several professional and scientific papers, mostly in the fields of criminal law, criminology, penology, and defence. Ms. Gracin is a member of the Croatian Association of Criminal Sciences and Practice. She has participated in several domestic and international scientific and professional conferences.

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Published

2023-01-13

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022): Strategos, December

Section

Scientific review paper