The Crime of Self‐Solicitation. (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sachs, Benjamin
• Is Part Of: Ratio juris. Volume 28:Number 2(2015:Jun.)
• Page Start: 180
• Page End: 203
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Law -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; 340
• DOI: 10.1111/raju.12075
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0952-1917

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>I hold that we could justifiably criminalize some threats, on account of the fact that issuing them renders one more likely to commit a crime. But I also point out that if we criminalize some threat‐issuing, we will <italic>de facto</italic> criminalize some warning‐issuing, which is unjust. So we ought not to criminalize any threat‐issuing. Instead, we should criminalize (roughly) rendering oneself more likely to commit a crime. This would allow us to punish all the threat‐issuers we should want to punish. It would also force us to punish some warning‐issuers, but we would not be punishing them <italic>for their warning‐issuing</italic>.</p> </abstract>