Disorderly conduct
Disorderly conduct ( English legal language = public harassment , disturbance of the public peace ) is a comprehensive criminal offense in almost all states and communities in the United States, with which violations of public security or order are sanctioned .
Most common are charges against people who have been drunk or drugged on the rampage. The criminality can also result from the circumstances and the crime scene. It is often sufficient for the courts that the conduct in question was likely to affect even a single person, for example if the act was committed in private rooms.
Other examples of use include public assault, violent demonstrations, disrupting public gatherings, inappropriate behavior such as urinating in public, to resisting law enforcement officers.
Most of the offenses are offenses , but can also be punished as a crime if qualifying circumstances arise . First-time offenders receive a short prison sentences, often with the usually pre-trial detention are paid. Fines and suspended sentences are also possible .
An American juvenile courts is disorderly conduct - after assault (simple assault) , theft , obstruction of justice and violations of drug laws - who negotiated fifth most offense.
Situation in Germany
German law distinguishes between the criminal offense of causing public nuisance ( Section 183a StGB ) and harassment of the general public , an administrative offense ( Section 118 OWiG ). A distinction must be made between the preventive measures taken by the police to avert danger, such as expelling a drunk.
Web links
- Overview of the legal situation in the individual US states at Mark Theoharis: What is Disorderly Conduct? Disorderly Conduct Laws and Penalties, October 21, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ German-English dictionary dict.-cc
- ↑ Disorderly Conduct Farlex Free Dictionary. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ Mark Theoharis: What is Disorderly Conduct? Disorderly Conduct Laws and Penalties, October 21, 2014
- ↑ Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004 (pdf)