Applying Analytic Reasoning to Clarify <em>Intention</em> and <em>Responsibility</em> in Joint Criminal Enterprise Cases

<p>This paper argues that both criminologists and lawyers need a far more philosophically robust account of joint action, notably as it relates to technical matters of intentionality and responsibility when dealing with joint criminal enterprise cases. Criminology seems unable to see beyond th...

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Main Author: Anthony Amatrudo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2016-12-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/752
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Summary:<p>This paper argues that both criminologists and lawyers need a far more philosophically robust account of joint action, notably as it relates to technical matters of intentionality and responsibility when dealing with joint criminal enterprise cases. Criminology seems unable to see beyond the superficiality of cultural explanations ill-suited to understanding matters of action. Law seems wedded to mystical notions of foresight. As regards the law there seems common agreement that joint enterprise prosecutions tend to over-criminalise secondary parties. This paper suggests that the current discussions around joint criminal enterprise will benefit from a critical engagement with analytical philosophy. The paper will examine a series of technical accounts of shared commitment and intention in order to explain the problems of joint criminal enterprise (multi-agent criminal activity).</p> <hr /><p>Este art&iacute;culo defiende que tanto crimin&oacute;logos como abogados necesitan ofrecer una acci&oacute;n conjunta m&aacute;s robusta, desde el punto de vista filos&oacute;fico, especialmente en lo que se refiere a aspectos t&eacute;cnicos de intencionalidad y responsabilidad, al tratar casos de colaboraci&oacute;n criminal. La criminolog&iacute;a parece incapaz de ver m&aacute;s all&aacute; de la superficialidad de las explicaciones culturales, inadecuadas para entender cuestiones de acci&oacute;n. El derecho parece aliado con nociones m&iacute;sticas de previsi&oacute;n. En lo que respecta al derecho, parece que existe un consenso en que los fiscales de asociaciones de malhechores tienden a penalizar en exceso a los c&oacute;mplices. Este art&iacute;culo sugiere que el debate actual sobre asociaciones criminales se beneficiar&aacute; de un compromiso cr&iacute;tico con la filosof&iacute;a anal&iacute;tica. El art&iacute;culo analiza un conjunto de explicaciones t&eacute;cnicas de compromiso e intenci&oacute;n compartidos para explicar los problemas de las asociaciones criminales (actividad criminal multi-agente).</p> <p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2847796" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=2847796</a></p>
ISSN:2079-5971