Penal Response to <i>Less Serious</i> Drug Distribution Offenses: The Case of Lithuania in the Regional Context-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Penal Response to Less Serious Drug Distribution Offenses: The Case of Lithuania in the Regional Context

Published:2024-06-01 Issue:1 Volume:17 Page:163-180
ISSN:2029-0454
Container-title:Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
language:en
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Author:

Bikelis Skirmantas¹,Lankauskas Mindaugas²

Affiliation:

1. Dr. Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences ,

2. Dr.Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences ,

Abstract

Abstract Drug distribution is considered one of the most serious crimes in general and the most serious drug offense in particular. Drug distribution may cover behavior of very different levels of seriousness, ranging from the social supply of small quantities of illicit drugs in friend circles to international drug trafficking organized by powerful global crime syndicates. The article explores the criminological contexts of less serious drug distribution and penal frameworks of the relevant countries in the Baltic region. The article argues for a more nuanced penal approach to such offenses in the Lithuanian penal law.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/bjlp-2024-0008

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