Collaboration in the commission of a criminal offense

Abstract This paper presents a theoretical, comprehensive topic of the criminal offense committed in collaboration, the forms and types of collaboration, as well as the criminal liability for this offense according to the relevant provisions and laws. The basis of criminal liability is the presence of a criminal offense, while its precondition or prerequisite is the determination of the specific criminal offense, which is provided for in the specific provision of the special part of the Criminal Code or special criminal laws. Criminal offense is the product of the joint activity of the accomplices, of the contribution that each and all together have given in its fulfillment with active actions or inactions, while the subjective side, a special characteristic and a necessary element of cooperation in the criminal offense is the agreement of the accomplices to commit it. In this sense this paper also addresses the forms of cooperation, where simple cooperation and special cooperation are distinguished.