A Critical Review of Usual Concepts Regarding Iter Criminis in Purloin and Robbery Felonies (Una Revisión Crítica de los Habituales Conceptos Sobre el Íter Criminis en los Delitos de Robo y Hurto)

Abstract

The criteria used to tackle the issue of crimes against property through material means is critically analyzed in this article. For that purpose, the reach of the rector verb appropriate, specific of Chilean legislation, is analyzed, as well as its breadth when these figures are classified between felonies of result or of mere activity. Iter criminis of these figures is analyzed, proposing a viewpoint of the issue from the victim’s perspective instead of the author’s, the latter being the traditional position. Finally, this new viewpoint is applied to minor or negligible patrimonial felonies.

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Keywords: appropriate, steal, iter criminis, crimes against property