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A brawl is a violent dispute between two or more people.
In German criminal law , a brawl is defined as a conflict between at least three people that involves mutual bodily harm. In the Swiss Criminal Code , the relevant offense is called brawling and also requires at least three participants, as does the Austrian Criminal Code , which uses both terms side by side without distinction.
Emergence
Mostly men fight . An American study found a connection between testosterone , juvenile development and violent confrontation. Rivalry , insults , injured honor and alcohol consumption encourage the corresponding propensity for violence . In the German dictionary of the Brothers Grimm it says that it is “the beatings out of the war, mostly by drunk people”. Mass brawls are a phenomenon of the masses (sociology) . However, thugs in particular can also be an instrument of coercion or the exercise of power.
In the time of National Socialism , fights were used to exercise political power and apparently legalized by tolerating the state outside of the current legal system.
A “wonderful” Christmas brawl in a harbor pub can be found in Wind der Welt by Blaise Cendrars .
Legal
A brawl in Germany can be criminally relevant according to § 222 of the Criminal Code ( negligent homicide ) , § 223 StGB ( bodily harm ) and § 224 StGB ( dangerous bodily harm ) . If at least three people are involved and the brawl results in serious bodily harm or death, Section 231 of the Criminal Code ( participation in a brawl ) is often relevant.
Brawl in the movie
Similar to shootings and car chases , the brawl is a cinematic stylistic device. It appears in numerous film genres such as slapstick comedies , westerns , crime novels, and action films . In the films with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, but also Jackie Chan , brawls are used as a means of exaggeration and a comic element.
literature
- Brawl, brawl . In: Universal Lexicon of the Present and Past . 4., reworked. and greatly increased edition, Volume 13: Pfiff – Reidsville , Eigenverlag, Altenburg 1861, p. 850 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The article Schlägererei in the Oeconomische Encyclopädie (1773-1858) by Johann Georg Krünitz defines it as "the act when two or more people hit each other, it now happens with the bare hand or with all kinds of tools".
- ↑ BGHSt 15, 369 (370).
- ↑ Hans Hirsch: § 231 , Rn. 4. In: Burkhard Jähnke, Heinrich Laufhütte, Walter Odersky (eds.): Leipzig Commentary on the Criminal Code. Vol. 6 Part 1: Sections 223 to 263a . 11th edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89949-289-7 .
- ↑ Schlaegertyp and Y-Chromosome ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Daniel Gerny: Fighting in the city: After church there is a tavern fight . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from June 10, 2017.
- ^ Brawl. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 15 : Schiefeln – Soul - (IX). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1899 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
