Measuring Standards on Incarceration in Cases of Economic Crimes

Abstract

The economic area of criminality is currently in a continuous changing process since the legislative tools adopted by the legislator are trying to accelerate the issues of prevention and controlling the phenomenon of economic criminality. It is observed at the regional level that, in most cases of economic crimes, the situation seems to be still unsolved, although the efforts made by the authorities are strongly advanced. The current paper focuses on analyzing the current issues on incarceration, based on ordinary standards provided by the specific law, measuring through several both legislative and judicial contexts. The research activity carried out in this matter has been conducted on a selection of three cases of economic crimes, whose particularities created a serious debate in the field of combating criminality. The process of incarceration of the convicted persons for economic crimes, based on the imprisonment definitive decisions of condemnation pronounced by the courts of law are discussed upon the qualitative research methodology used. It is also organized along with the conceptual stylistic model of designed research paper according to doctrineʼs references in the matter. The results gathered at the end of the research activity have concluded certain solutions to be implemented in the incarceration system, as well as selective models regarding the standards of incarceration referring to particular cases on economic crimes. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53486/cike2024.10; UDC: 343.37:343.261; JEL Classification: K14; K42