Day fines: A European comparison and Czech malpractice
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11220%2F18%3A10376283" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11220/18:10376283 - isvavai.cz</a>
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<a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/94cjeYyNpXuaPEyymNe8/full" target="_blank" >http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/94cjeYyNpXuaPEyymNe8/full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477370817749178" target="_blank" >10.1177/1477370817749178</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Day fines: A European comparison and Czech malpractice
Original language description
Day fines are an expression of equality for rich and poor alike. Although the theoretical concept of day fines (also called unit or structured fines) has been thoroughly studied, there has not been any empirical study examining the link between the amount of one day fine and the wealth of an offender, to establish whether or not day fines in reality create equality between offenders with different levels of wealth. This paper reports a study conducted in the Czech Republic, which suggests that the concept of day fines does not function without a clear formula specifying how day fines should be calculated. A comparison of all states in Europe that use day fines indicates that only two states have such a formula. The other 20 states have no formula, and thus their propensity for misusing day fines may be high. Several other characteristics of day fines, such as the number of day fines issued and the conversion rate at which unpaid fines are transformed into days in prison, are also discussed.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Journal of Criminology
ISSN
1477-3708
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
461-480
UT code for WoS article
000438064600005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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