Criminal Law And The Covid 19 Crisis

Author : Frank Zimmermann
Publisher : T.M.C. Asser Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9462655987

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Criminal Law and the COVID-19 Crisis by Frank Zimmermann Pdf

​This book provides a comparative perspective on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different criminal law systems. To this end, the book brings together country reports from Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France and Belgium. All country reports address the same key issues in order to facilitate comparative conclusions. Those key issues re: criminal liability for spreading the coronavirus, criminal liability of medical staff in triage situations, criminal liability of political decision-makers, as well as further (country-specific) challenges in the context of the pandemic and criminal law. Furthermore, they explore domestic case-law and academic literature relevant in this context. This book will be useful for criminal law scholars and practitioners as well as policymakers around the world. The comparative approach of the book will provide them with a more informed and objective perception of their national systems and their respective approaches to COVID-19 and criminal law. Another key objective of this volume in the ICJ Series is to foster dialogue and an exchange of ideas between stakeholders of different nations and ultimately to enable cross-semination between different criminal law systems. Prof. Dr. Frank Zimmermann is Professor for Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, European and International Criminal Law as well as Criminal Law and Digitalization at the Institute for Criminal Sciences, Dept. V, University of Münster in Münster, Germany.

Author : Michael Bohlander,Gerhard Kemp,Mark Webster
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509946327

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Public Health Crisis Management and Criminal Liability of Governments by Michael Bohlander,Gerhard Kemp,Mark Webster Pdf

This book addresses potential avenues of criminal liability for public health crisis management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, under national and international criminal law, especially for causing death and bodily harm. The national case studies are geographically representative and follow a common research grid. Each national case study is prefaced by an overview of the detection and subsequent spread of the pandemic in the country concerned. The relevant legal and constitutional frameworks that governed the government and corporate conduct in the face of the pandemic are also discussed, followed by the consideration of forms of criminal liability. Government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic differed vastly in terms of both the choice of strategies adopted (herd immunity, test-and-trace, lockdown, etc) and the quality and speed of government implementation of those strategies and associated interventions. Both factors impacted the number of infections and casualties. It is therefore appropriate to consider forms of criminal liability for failure of individual members of government, including specific public authorities, to act to the best of their abilities, as timely as possible, and in accordance with expert advice.

Author : Nadia Mansour,Lorenzo M. Bujosa Vadell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030894160

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Finance, Law, and the Crisis of COVID-19 by Nadia Mansour,Lorenzo M. Bujosa Vadell Pdf

This book analyzes the impact of Covid-19 in different areas such as corporate social responsibility and legislation in SMEs, insolvency law, behavioral finance, government interventions in markets, financial disclosure, the emergence of unregulated financial sectors, the increase of coronavirus-related crimes, and the development of banking regulations in the Covid-19 pandemic, among others. The coronavirus epidemic, which has spread throughout the world, has highlighted the inadequacies of the health and social systems of all states, even the most advanced. The health emergency has required extraordinary measures, especially at the level of laws that are essential for the preservation of lives, health, and livelihoods. The priority for governments and even the international community was, from the outset, to prevent infections and care for those affected. Such a strategy required an unusual increase in health spending, even though it exceeded the State's financial capacity and lacked fiscal space. In addition to this challenge, which has not yet been overcome, there is another, that of redressing the consequences of the measures taken (general containment). It should be pointed out that during health crises, the state may have to review the requirement for transparency because of the emergency, but not free itself from it. The urgency could never be an alibi for a violation of citizens' rights and freedoms. With urgency, financial management systems must be flexible and responsive to all occurrences, while ensuring optimal use of resources and minimizing the risks of fraud and corruption.

Author : Monica Den Boer,Eric Bervoets,Linda Hak
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031191770

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Plural Policing, Security and the COVID Crisis by Monica Den Boer,Eric Bervoets,Linda Hak Pdf

This book critically examines how countries across Europe have dealt with the COVID crisis from a policing and security perspective. Across the chapters, contributors from different countries examine the data, press coverage, and provide professional observations on how policing, law enforcement, police powers and community relations were managed. They focus on how security and governmental actors often failed to align with the formal scripts that were specifically designed for crisis-management, resulting in the wavering application of professional discretion and coercive powers. Their different approaches were evident: in some regions police were less dominantly visible compared to other regions, where the police used a top-down visible and repressive stance vis-à-vis public alignment with COVID rules, including the imposition of lockdown and curfews. Some contributors draw on data from the COROPOL (Corona Policing) Monitor which collated data on crime, plural policing and public order in Europe and around the world during the early phases of the COVID crisis. Overall, this book seeks to provide comparative critical insights and commentary as well as a practical and operational understanding of security governance during the COVID-19 crisis and the lessons learned to improve future preparedness.

Author : Colleen M. Flood,Vanessa MacDonnell,Jane Philpott,Sophie Thériault,Sridhar Venkatapuram
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780776636436

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Vulnerable by Colleen M. Flood,Vanessa MacDonnell,Jane Philpott,Sophie Thériault,Sridhar Venkatapuram Pdf

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica. Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such as this edited, multidisciplinary collection is needed. This book confronts the vulnerabilities and interconnectedness made visible by the pandemic and its consequences, along with the legal, ethical and policy responses. These include vulnerabilities for people who have been harmed or will be harmed by the virus directly and those harmed by measures taken to slow its relentless march; vulnerabilities exposed in our institutions, governance and legal structures; and vulnerabilities in other countries and at the global level where persistent injustices harm us all. Hopefully, COVID-19 will forces us to deeply reflect on how we govern and our policy priorities; to focus preparedness, precaution, and recovery to include all, not just some. Published in English with some chapters in French.

Author : Mathieu Deflem
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803822792

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Crime and Social Control in Pandemic Times by Mathieu Deflem Pdf

Theoretically and methodologically diverse, Crime and Social Control in Pandemic Times addresses important questions of crime, punishment, policing, social control, and law in relation to COVID-19.

Author : Dina Siegel,Aleksandras Dobryninas,Stefano Becucci
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031135620

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Covid-19, Society and Crime in Europe by Dina Siegel,Aleksandras Dobryninas,Stefano Becucci Pdf

This volume analyzes the development of the reactions to Covid-19 by governments, the public and the crime patterns in 16 European countries. All countries are members of the European Union and share common European norms and values, but the Covid-19 pandemic can serve as an example of how these norms and values are interpreted differently with regard to people’s trust in public institutions, governmental control strategies, dealing with fear, anxiety and other emotional responses to the new virus, crime patterns and law enforcement priorities to prevent and combat them. The volume provides empirical data based on available statistics, media analysis and qualitative data from interviews and observations, and examines the similarities and differences in crime patterns and the consequences for local communities and law enforcement priorities.

Author : Belinda Bennett,Ian Freckelton AO KC,Gabrielle Wolf
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192896742

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COVID-19, Law, and Regulation by Belinda Bennett,Ian Freckelton AO KC,Gabrielle Wolf Pdf

COVID-19 is the most severe pandemic the world has experienced in a century. This book analyses major legal and regulatory responses internationally to COVID-19, and the impact the pandemic has had on human rights and freedoms, governance, the obligations of states and individuals, as well the role of the World Health Organization and other international bodies during this time. The authors examine notable legal challenges to public health measures enforced during the pandemic, such as lockdown orders, curfews, and vaccine mandates. Importantly, the book contextualizes the legal analysis by examining the broader social and economic dimensions of risks posed by the pandemic. The book considers how COVID-19 impacted the operation of the criminal justice system, civil litigation concerning negligently caused deaths and business losses arising from contractual breaches, consumer protection litigation, disciplinary regulation of health practitioners, coronial inquests and other investigations of unexpected deaths, and occupational health and safety issues. The book reflects on the role of the law in facilitating the remarkable scientific and epidemiological achievements during the pandemic, but also the challenges of ensuring the swift production and equitable distribution of treatments and vaccines. It concludes by considering the possibilities that the legal and regulatory responses to this pandemic have illuminated for effectively tackling future global health crises.

Author : Frieder Dünkel,Stefan Harrendorf,Dirk van Zyl Smit
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000553611

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The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy by Frieder Dünkel,Stefan Harrendorf,Dirk van Zyl Smit Pdf

The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy presents the results of a worldwide exchange of information on the impact of COVID-19 in prisons. It also focuses on the human rights questions that have been raised during the pandemic, relating to the treatment of prisoners in institutions for both juveniles and adults worldwide. The first part brings together the findings and conclusions of leading prison academics and practitioners, presenting national reports with information on the prison system, prison population rates, how COVID-19 was and is managed in prisons, and its impact on living conditions inside prisons and on reintegration programmes. Forty-four countries are covered – many in Europe, but also Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Perú, Costa Rica, Canada, the USA, Kenya, South Africa, China, India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. In the second part, thematic chapters concentrate explicitly on the impact of the pandemic on the application of international human rights standards in prisons and on worldwide prison population rates. The book concludes by drawing out the commonalities and diverging practices between jurisdictions, discussing the impact of measures introduced and reflecting on what could be learnt from policies that emerged during the pandemic. Particular attention is paid to whether "reductionist" strategies that emerged during the pandemic can be used to counteract mass incarceration and prison overcrowding in the future. Although the book reflects the situation until mid 2021, after the second and during the third wave of the pandemic, it is highly relevant to the current situation, as the living conditions in prisons did not change significantly during the following waves, which showed high infection rates (in particular in the general population), but increased vaccination rates, too. In prisons, problems the pandemic raises have an even greater impact than for the general society. Revealing many notable and interesting changes in prison life and in release programmes, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of penology, criminology, law, sociology and public health. It will also appeal to criminal justice practitioners and policy makers.

Author : Belinda Bennett,Ian Freckelton AO KC,Gabrielle Wolf
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192650498

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COVID-19, Law & Regulation by Belinda Bennett,Ian Freckelton AO KC,Gabrielle Wolf Pdf

COVID-19 is the most severe pandemic the world has experienced in a century. This book analyses major legal and regulatory responses internationally to COVID-19, and the impact the pandemic has had on human rights and freedoms, governance, the obligations of states and individuals, as well the role of the World Health Organization and other international bodies during this time. The authors examine notable legal challenges to public health measures enforced during the pandemic, such as lockdown orders, curfews, and vaccine mandates. Importantly, the book contextualizes the legal analysis by examining the broader social and economic dimensions of risks posed by the pandemic. The book considers how COVID-19 impacted the operation of the criminal justice system, civil litigation concerning negligently caused deaths and business losses arising from contractual breaches, consumer protection litigation, disciplinary regulation of health practitioners, coronial inquests and other investigations of unexpected deaths, and occupational health and safety issues. The book reflects on the role of the law in facilitating the remarkable scientific and epidemiological achievements during the pandemic, but also the challenges of ensuring the swift production and equitable distribution of treatments and vaccines. It concludes by considering the possibilities that the legal and regulatory responses to this pandemic have illuminated for effectively tackling future global health crises.

Author : Cowan, Dave,Mumford, Ann
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781529218947

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Pandemic Legalities by Cowan, Dave,Mumford, Ann Pdf

The effects of COVID-19 are visited disproportionately on the already disadvantaged. This important text maps out ways in which those already disadvantaged have been affected by legal responses to COVID-19. Contributors tackle issues including virtual trials, adult social care, racism, tax and spending, education and more. They reflect on the implications of COVID-19 and express concerns with policy and practice developments and with the neutral version of the law and the economy which has taken root. Drawing on diverse resources, this text offers an account of the damage caused by legal responses to the pandemic and demonstrates how the future response can be positive and productive.

Author : Brian A. Jackson,Michael J. D. Vermeer,Dulani Woods,Duren Banks,Sean E. Goodison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1977406858

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U. S. Criminal Justice System in the Pandemic Era and Beyond by Brian A. Jackson,Michael J. D. Vermeer,Dulani Woods,Duren Banks,Sean E. Goodison Pdf

The Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative convened a set of workshops with justice practitioners to take stock of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. They identified key challenges, system innovations, and lessons for the future.

Author : Joachim Kersten,Michele Burman,Jarmo Houtsonen,Paul Herbinger,Norbert Leonhardmair
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031153358

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Domestic Violence and COVID-19 by Joachim Kersten,Michele Burman,Jarmo Houtsonen,Paul Herbinger,Norbert Leonhardmair Pdf

This brief maps the available data augmented by expert interviews on the impact of the Covid-19 measures on DV in eight European Member States during the first lock-down. The volume addresses an on-going situation, additionally complicated by renewed lockdown restrictions during autumn and early winter 2020. It assesses the assumptions of an imminent wave of domestic violence against reliable data from crime statistics, surveys, and various institutions responding to domestic violence. Collecting partner country reports from Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Scotland and Slovenia, it demonstrates the effects that lockdown measures starting March 2020 had on reported DV incidents. It considers the differences between each country with respect to policing, legal systems, social and cultural factors and highlights best practices to prevent conditions resulting from Covid-19 lockdown undermining victims’ security and frontline responders’ capacities to provide services and prevent domestic violence.

Author : Marcelo Fernando Aebi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Corrections
ISBN : 9525333949

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European sourcebook of crime and criminal justice statistics - 2014 by Marcelo Fernando Aebi Pdf

Author : Daniel Briggs,Luke Telford,Anthony Lloyd,Anthony Ellis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031418662

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The New Futures of Exclusion by Daniel Briggs,Luke Telford,Anthony Lloyd,Anthony Ellis Pdf

Based upon global data and following on from Lockdown: Social Harm in the COVID-19 Era, this book discusses the rise of surveillance capitalism and new forms of control and exclusion throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. It particularly addresses the use of vaccine passports, mandates and the new forms of capital extraction and political control that emerged throughout the pandemic. The book also explicates how the ‘vaccine hesitant’ became marginalized in both mainstream discourse and through regulatory interventions. Whilst the book addresses the wider political economy within which so-called ‘anti-vaxxers’ were ostracized, it also explores the complex nature of their sentiments. The book closes by considering The New Futures of Exclusion, outlining the forms of surveillance and control that may be implemented in the future particularly in light of the challenges brought by global warming and the energy transition. It is a broadly accessible text, particularly appealing to policymakers, general readers and academics in sociology, political sociology, politics, human geography, political economy, criminology, social policy, psychology, history, and infectious diseases and medicine.