progresión delictiva

08:40 Apr 19, 2017 

Muchas gracias por esta aclaración. Parece probable que la traducción de este término pueda variar según el contexto.

14:22 Apr 15, 2017 

"Aunque el TS a veces habla de la progresión delictiva como una especie de
concurso de normas en tanto que se da también cuando una conducta tipificada en
una de ellas absorbe a otra contemplada en otro tipo, lo cierto es que otras veces
menciona esta figura como indicativa del escaso valor que se da a una de las
conductas en comparación con la otra u otras objeto de enjuiciamiento, por lo que
no se sancionan las primeras.
Recordemos que en el concurso de normas habrá que estar a lo indicado en el
artículo 8 C.P.. En el concepto de progresión delictiva se deja de sancionar alguna
de las conductas.
Ejemplo del primer caso (equiparación al concurso de normas) lo encontramos en
la STS 22-10-2013, nº 773/2013, EDJ 2013/201207:
<< El art. 8.3º CP recoge la fórmula lex consumens derogat legi comsumptae, lo que significa que el injusto material de una infracción acoge en sí injustos menores, que se sitúan respecto de ella en una relación cuantitativa de inferioridad, como la falsedad documental en cuanto falta de verdad expresada por escrito, con relación al delito fiscal; o como el homicidio que absorbe las lesiones producidas para causar la muerte....." www.fiscal.es

19:58 Apr 13, 2017 

Thank you for sharing the information. Happy Easter to you, too!

19:50 Apr 13, 2017 

I found this Italian>English question on the same issue; I have actually used "merger of offenses" for "consunción":
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/law_general/426...

And I ended up putting "lesser-included offense principle" (American spelling) for this term. It's worth noting for future reference that although I think "merger doctrine" is a US term, "lesser-included offence" is perfectly good for England and Wales; here is a House of Lords judgment about it:
https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldjudgmt/...

19:45 Apr 13, 2017 

I have closed this rather quickly, perhaps, but I really think "merger doctrine" and "lesser-included offence/offense" are as near as we're going to get. This is an odd and misleading term, which doesn't mean what it seems to mean. The definition I quoted does suggest a progression of increasingly serious crimes, but the example given refers to increasingly serious aspects of a single criminal enterprise, and the crucial point in the context is the idea of "estados intermedios" that "se ven consumidos". So I believe that merger of offences (of lesser offences into more serious ones) is the essential idea. On your last point, Sandro, the failure to implement measures and the deaths or injuries are separated in time, but they arise from the same criminal act (of omission). So the offenses are simultaneous.

Anyway, thanks again to everyone. Have a good Easter!

13:23 Apr 13, 2017 

merger applies to one "criminal transaction" or one set of circumstances. The Spanish case that Charles presents us applies to two set of circumstances separated by time (failure to implement adequate risk protection measures which lead to worker deaths or injuries).

05:32 Apr 13, 2017 

Thank you very much for having a look :)

23:31 Apr 12, 2017 

I can't find an equivalent term in English. However, I think I would use something with 'criminal acts': progression of criminal acts; sequence/succession of criminal acts.

I haven't invented the terms but there are so few G-hits when they appear in relation to US labor law or the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) that it's not worth suggesting an answer.

I've been using words like 'sequential' but I'm afraid I can't find what I'm looking for.

15:43 Apr 12, 2017 

Thanks for those thoughts!

15:38 Apr 12, 2017 

On one side of the target we have delito progresivo which is a continuous crime, e.g., smuggling weapons into a country and later selling them illegally without the proper licensing or permits.

On the other side of the target is the answer that James provides, merger, the absorption of a lesser-included offense into a more serious offense.

Soler states: "Infracciones progresivas.— Tal caso se concreta cuando a la violación de la ley principal se va llegando por grados sucesivos, uno o varios de los cuales pueden ya en sí mismos ser delictuosos; pero los hechos están de tal modo vinculados, que la etapa superior del delito va absorbiendo totalmente a la menor, en su pena y en su tipo o figura."

In one sense, I do believe it is "continuous," but IMO this would apply to two intent crimes. Your context is an intent or fault crime (failure to implement adequate risk protection measures) followed by a fault crime. I cannot imagine that the employer wanted to cause the deaths or injuries of its workers.

I will continue to look. But in the absence of anything material, I would go with Bachmaier and Moral García's "criminal progression."

10:00 Apr 12, 2017 

Maybe this might be helpful:

"Progresión delictiva: comportamientos delictivos que constituyen generalmente estadios intermedios de hechos típicos ulteriores, se ven consumidos por estos (SSTS 520/2009, 14-05, 1493/1999, 21-12).
Ejemplos: los actos preparatorios punibles quedan consumidos por la tentativa; la tentativa queda consumida por la consumación – frente a la opinión de la Jurisprudencia (STS 530/2001, 28-03), parte de la doctrina (García Albero, Maqueda) considera que en estos casos hay una relación de subsidiariedad (tácita)."
http://www.ecrim.es/publications/2010/ConcursoNormas.pdf

09:23 Apr 12, 2017 

I'm not rejecting "criminal progression" out of hand; if you can convince me it's suitable I'd be happy to use it. I'm just a bit sceptical.

09:18 Apr 12, 2017 

I forgot to post the URL for the book I mentioned:
https://books.google.es/books?id=ncYScNZiZKgC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA...