Bør det være strafbart at tigge?
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https://doi.org/10.7146/politica.v58i4.171994Keywords:
tiggeri, kriminaliseringsteori, skade, krænkelseAbstract
Ifølge §197 af den danske straffelov kan en person straffes med op til seks måneders ubetinget fængsel for tiggeri i det offentlige rum, og der er indført lignende lovgivning i mange andre lande. Men er kriminaliseringen af tiggeri i overensstemmelse med centrale normative principper for, hvilke handlingstyper det er moralsk passende for stater i liberale samfund at kriminalisere? Denne artikel søger svar på dette spørgsmål. Artiklen analyserer og diskuterer således, om kriminalisering af tiggeri kan finde støtte i variationer af skadesprincippet, legal paternalisme, krænkelsesprincippet og juridisk moralisme. Artiklens overordnede konklusion er, at det ikke er tilfældet, og at der er god grund til at tro, at ingen rimelig normativ kriminaliseringsteori vil støtte kriminalisering af tiggeri.
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