Publisher's Synopsis
Conflicts of competence (= conflicts of jurisdiction or punishment) result from the fact that several states claim punishment for themselves in accordance with their national law on the application of a perpetrator. The accumulation of national criminal powers exposes the suspect to the risk of being prosecuted by several states for the same offense or even being punished several times. A parallel prosecution in several states can lead to a conflictual "race" for the first decision ("first come, first served"). The uncoordinated competition between several national criminal authorities harbors an interstate conflict potential that should not only be avoided in an "area of freedom, security and justice" Research group, developed in two years.
