Sentencing. Between utopia and dystopia Part I

Session Submission Type: Pre-arranged Panel

Abstract

The utopia in the matter of the punishment, non-custodial and custodial educational measures or security measures is related to the desires that society always links to a criminal code, to reduce the number and severity of crimes, to reduce the severity of the violation of the victims’ rights. The dystopia comes from the way some related provisions have been interpreted or applied, from the differences between the purpose of the law and its implementation. The content of this issues, however, is not polemical. Law evolves through questions and answers. Through the questions sometimes raised in the courtroom, sometimes asked to ourselves, through the answers given in the case law.

Subtopic

• Topic 5: Social Control and Criminal Justice / Courts and Sentencing and Penal Decision Making (Sentencing and Penal Decisionmaking WG)

Chair

• Dorel Herinean, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest

Individual Presentations

• Judge vs. AI – an experimental approach of sentencing - Ștefana-Iuliana Sorohan, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest

• Freedom of impression. The judge's assessment of the purpose of the sanction, in individualizing sanctions. Absolute power or sentencing guideline - Andreea Elena Ceauș, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest

• Criminological implications of the gambling boom in Romania: how losing odds lead to committing frauds - George-Cristian Ioan, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest