Should the economic capacity of the debtor be taken into account in the prosecution of the crime of omission of family assistance?

• Autores: Vinelli Vereau, Renzo Antonio, Sifuentes Small, Aitana
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/21266
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/iusetveritas/article/view/21266
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Derecho Penal; obligación alimentaria; capacidad económica; omisión a la asistencia familiar; análisis del tipo; Perú; Criminal Law; maintenance obligation; economic capacity; omission of family assistance; crime typification; Peru

In this paper, the authors discuss the maintenance obligation recognized by Peruvian civil laws, which the civil judge analyzes taking into account the economic capacity of the debtor. On the other hand, the Peruvian law typifies the crime of omission of family assistance, which is verified by the sole breach of the obligation by the debtor. However, criminal jurisprudence has not taken into account the concept of economic capacity as an objective element of this offence, unlike their civil counterpart. Thus, the authors discuss the need to include the economic capacity of the debtor in the analysis of the crime of omission of family assistance.