Terms and explanations
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Adult perpetrator of crime is a person who has committed crime and who at the time of committing the crime had reached 18 years of age, and has committed the crime as: executor, accomplice, initiator or assistant.
Person reported as known perpetrator is an adult perpetrator of a criminal offence against whom proceedings based on criminal charge and committal proceedings have been concluded. This conclusion is connected with the issuance of an order by which: the charge is rejected, the investigation is stopped, the investigation is suspended or a charge has been applied.
Person reported as unknown perpetrator is an unknown person who was charged for a criminal offence in the Public Prosecutor's Office, and who remains unknown even after one year from the day of filing the charge.
When more persons have participated in committing a crime, every participant is considered as a unit of observation, and the crime is registered as a mark to each participant, where complicity is established with an answer to a particular question.
Accused person is an adult person against whom a proposed indictment or private suit is filed. It also refers to a person against whom legal proceedings have been concluded with a valid court decision.
Convicted person is an adult person recognized as responsible, against whom penal measures have been imposed.
Juvenile perpetrator of crime is a perpetrator of crime who at the time of the execution of the crime had reached the age of 14, but not yet the age of 18 , and has preformed the crime as: executor, accomplice, initiator or assistant.
Reported juvenile is a juvenile against whom the legal procedure after the filed charges was not raised (the charge was rejected), against whom the proceeding has been stopped or a proposal has been applied for announcing a penalty or educational measure.
Accused juvenile person is a juvenile against whom the proceeding in front of the Council has been stopped or no legal sanctions have been pronounced, as well as a criminally insane juvenile against whom a decision for security measures has been pronounced.
Convicted person is a juvenile perpetrator of crime against whom with a Court decision a legal sanction has been pronounced-juvenile imprisonment or educational measures.
A juvenile who committed crime with completed 14 but not yet 16 years of age can not be punished, but educational measures can be pronounced and is considered a younger juvenile. A juvenile who committed a crime with completed 16 but not yet 18 years of age and who can get a penalty of juvenile imprisonment is considered an older juvenile.
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