Freedom of will and ability to self-determine are considered as prerequisites for criminal responsibility. Freedom of will and knowledge, however, are strictly intertwined. How, therefore, the cultural difference may impact on the configurability of crimi

Abstract

Freedom of will and ability to self-determine are considered as prerequisites for criminal responsibility. Freedom of will and knowledge, however, are strictly intertwined. How, therefore, the cultural difference may impact on the configurability of criminal responsibility and the same imputability of criminal actions? And what is the relationship between recognizing cultural differences in the cultural knowledge and the ascription to a subject of a free will? Such questions look as the nub in the challenge engendered by the contemporary experiences of intercultural coexistence and directed toward both criminal law and criminology. A challenge that is requiring also a renewed cartography of boundaries within these two disciplinary fields.