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dc.contributor.authorHill, Daniel J.
dc.contributor.authorMcLeod, Stephen K
dc.contributor.authorTanyi, Attila
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-03T10:39:08Z
dc.date.available2018-07-03T10:39:08Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-23
dc.description.abstractOur question is this: What makes an act one of entrapment? We make a standard distinction between <i>legal entrapment</i>, which is carried out by parties acting in their capacities as (or as deputies of) law-enforcement agents, and <i>civil entrapment</i>, which is not. We aim to provide a definition of entrapment that covers both and which, for reasons we explain, does not settle questions of permissibility and culpability. We explain, compare, and contrast two existing definitions of legal entrapment to commit a crime that possess this neutrality. We point out some problems with the extensional correctness of these definitions and propose a new definition that resolves these problems. We then extend our definition to provide a more general definition of entrapment, encompassing both civil and legal cases. Our definition is, we believe, closer to being extensionally correct and will, we hope, provide a clearer basis for future discussions about the ethics of entrapment than do the definitions upon which it improves.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at: <a href=http://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-017-9436-7> http://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-017-9436-7 </a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationHill, D. J., McLeod, S. K. & Tanyi, A. (2017). The Concept of Entrapment. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 1-16. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-017-9436-7en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1543011
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11572-017-9436-7
dc.identifier.issn1871-9791
dc.identifier.issn1871-9805
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/13131
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_US
dc.relation.journalCriminal Law and Philosophy
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Filosofiske fag: 160::Filosofi: 161en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Philosophical disciplines: 160::Philosophy: 161en_US
dc.titleThe Concept of Entrapmenten_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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