Indirect perpetration is one of the most recent law-enforcement institutes in the field of criminal law. It was introduced into Slovenian law system in 2008. In Criminal Code, it is defined as a form of perpetrator committing a criminal offense through the exploitation and management of the another. Indirect perpetration was used in case law and in theory before, but not explicitly. The use was not controversial, although some theorists opposed to it, because in the system of limited accessibility of participation, such as our own, it is not necessary. Indirect perpetration is based on the control-theory of perpetration. The indirect perpetrator typically uses the direct perpetrator for the commission of a crime by mistake or coercion. He is the one who organizes and conducts everything, has an overview and authority over the entire act, but only direct enforcement is left to the direct perpetrator. The construction of the indirect perpetration is also suitable for so-called organized power structures, despite the fact that in this case the direct perpetrators are entirely criminal liable.
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