criminal offense

The article highlights the problem of legislative and practical support for the functioning of the criminal justice system in Ukraine, especially in the context of modern challenges, such as martial law and social transformations. The study of combating criminally unlawful abuse of the rights of individual participants in criminal proceedings as an effective means of preventing the commission of criminal offenses in relation to other participants in these criminal proceedings is relevant.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the latency of criminal offenses against the environment. It is noted that the presence of a high level of latency of the studied torts indicates: an unsatisfactory state of their registration; a decrease in the possibilities of applying measures of influence on such illegal acts; a significant violation of the principle of inevitability of punishment. It was found that the majority of the analyzed illegal acts have a predominantly medium and high level of latency, as well as a natural character.

The problem of protecting the rights of the child as a victim of exploitation is especially relevant in the context of socio-economic challenges, the spread of hidden forms of forced labor and the inaction of the state to effectively identify such criminal offenses. Child exploitation as a criminal offense encompasses not only economic abuse, but also violations of a child’s fundamental rights to dignity, freedom and security.

The article examines the key features of prevention and prevention of criminal-unlawful attacks on judges as participants in criminal proceedings during their administration of justice, in particular, at the stage of their issuing court decisions in criminal proceedings, in the context of ensuring their safety.

The article carries out a comprehensive study of the prevention of environmental criminal offenses by prosecutors using budget funds. The essence of the social and legal status of the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine in the state mechanism for the prevention of environmental criminal offenses using budget funds is determined and clarified, the formation of the Prosecutor’s Office as a crime prevention subject is investigated.

Criminal organizations are complex and structured entities that operate within society with the aim of engaging in illegal activities and generating profits through criminal means. One of the key characteristics of such organizations is their hierarchical structure, which plays a significant role in the functioning and sustainability of these groups. It allows for the efficient distribution of tasks, the control of members' activities, and ensures the organization's long-term operation despite external threats.

This research article discusses problem of crime in contemporary Ukrainian society and ways to address it through the application of alternative responses to criminal offenses, particularly exemption from criminal liability, are considered. The mechanisms and practical aspects of applying this institution in Ukrainian criminal procedural law are analyzed. This article pays special attention to the role of various subjects of the criminal process, such as the court, the prosecutor, the victim and the suspect, in making a decision on exemption from criminal liability.

The article reveals the concept and legal nature of the institution of exemption from punishment and its serving since this institution is closely related to both the purpose of punishment and the tasks of criminal responsibility in general. In this regard, exemption from serving a sentence requires a more detailed study.

The article is devoted to the study of the mechanism of embezzlement of someone else’s property, which is carried out using information technologies in the context of current legislation. The methodological basis was a systematic approach to the study of the mechanism of criminal offenses related to the theft of other people’s property and the influence of information technologies. The main role was played by general scientific methods, historical, logical, comparative, generalization and classification, analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction.

The article outlines that the norms of the current Criminal Code of Ukraine provide options for the possible post-criminal behavior of a person who has committed a criminal offense, which represent a legally significant action or inaction, or their combination, and which may subsequently affect the order and features of bringing the offender to criminal liability.