The Crime of Refraining from Relief

Analytical Study

Abstract

This study attempts to shed light on a crime that confronts most societies in times of danger and criminalizes acts that are contrary to the human spirit to help others when they can, namely the crime of abstaining from the relief of the needy or the so-called crime of abstention from relief. The help of another person whose life, safety, or money is at risk, knowing that the offender is aware of this danger and his ability to save the victim from it, without harming him or any other harm. It is known that the function of punitive laws is to determine the criminal behavior and the punishment prescribed for it, and to criminalize any behavior that leads to restricting the freedom of individuals and placing the members of society on an obligation, namely to stay away from this criminal behavior and obey the rule of law, This is where the study came from.