The Process of Forming a Criminal Policy of the European Union

Abstract

The formation of a punitive policy is a historic process that arises in the first state-run societies of Sumer and Assyro-Babylonia and develops simultaneously with the improvement of political and state organization. Outstanding merit for the formation of modern criminal policy, criminal law and criminology is Cesare Becaria. In 1763, he published his work: "Crime and Punishment-, triggering criminology and criminal policy.