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Fraud in Criminal Law, A Normative and Criminological Analysis of Fraudulent Crime in Croatia and the Regional Context

At the centre of the study are normative and criminological questions regarding fraud, fraud in economic transactions, subsidy, computer and electoral fraud. In order to set the stage for the more complex analysis, the first chapter provides a detailed introduction into the historical development of the named offences, while also taking a close look at the criminological and victimological meaning of such offences. Finally, the offences’ objective and subjective characteristics in terms of act of commission, their object, consequences, and casual link, the traits of the perpetrator and motive or aim of the perpetrator are thoroughly analysed. This introductory setting of the stage is then followed by five major chapters, each of them dealing with one of the offences. The seventh chapter investigates fraud in other criminal offences contained in the Croatian Criminal Code and creates a framework for a comparative analysis of the findings, based on an analysis of criminal codes of European countries as case studies, with the ultimate goal of recognising similarities and differences in incrimination that is effective in combating fraud. The eighth chapter contains specific examples of fraud in the Balkan region to provide a better understanding of the way in which fraud is dealt with by criminal law in the Croatian context, enhanced with an understanding of neighbouring countries that share similar historical, legal and criminological traits. The study concludes by providing answers and solutions to some of the most intriguing legal and criminological questions about fraudulent behaviour.

fraud, economic business, subventions, computer fraud, electoral fraud, illicit material gain

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