Types of offenders in Bangladesh

Offenders may be classified differently from different dimension and with the variation of point of view. The following passages are indebted to a sort-length discussion on the classification or types of offenders.

Characteristics of offender

An offender is an individual of an age legally or socially responsible for the commission of an offence who commits an act that goes against the laws of the land or against the social norms. An individual involving in abetment, indirect influence, conspiracy, etc. in a certain offence is also deemed to be an offender. An offender must have mens-rea or guilty mind. Unconscious or accidental events do not make liability for the offender. To be an offender the act done by an individual must have harmful consequence against other person or against the humanity either directly or indirectly. After committing an offence, an offender desires some sort of legal or social punishment.

Offender in Bangladesh

Generally speaking, an individual committing an offence is said to be an offender. The meaning of offender is based on cultural relativity, which comes to be accepted in the criminal sciences with respect to who is an offender. Again, within a given cultural context, the definitions of offender may vary in terms of social and legal context. It is better to define offender from social point of view because legal definition provides a narrower definition of wrongdoing. For instance, legally speaking, an offender is one who is proved as well as convicted by a court for violating the law of the land.