Kunze, Eugeniusz2016-12-042016-12-041990Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny, 52, 1990, z. 3-4, s. 89-970035-9629http://hdl.handle.net/10593/16232Polish Penal Code considers crime preparation to be a form of a criminal offence. Art. 14 § 1 gives basis for distinguishing five detailed forms of crime preparation, and one general clause which states as follows: „or takes up other similar activities". The five detailed forms include the following: purchase of means, adjustement of means, gathering information, drawing up a plan of action, and making contact with another person. The preparation of a crime is punishable only in the cases stated in the Penal Code and concerns those offences which threaten collective goods important for social relations. Crime preparations is not punishable when the offender has voluntarily given it up.polinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArtykuł