public danger

The publication, based on the analysis of current legislation and the opinions of scientists, studies the essence and content of the category of "social danger" in combating criminal offenses against the environment. The conclusion is made that social danger is one of the essential features of the analyzed illegal acts and, at the same time, a socio-criminological prerequisite for their criminalization.

The scientific article clarifies the social conditionality of the criminalization of socially dangerous acts against the environment, defines and investigates its criteria.

In this paper the research methodological aspects of offender typologies. A typology of offender in rail transport in the depth and firmness of his selfish antisocial orientation and nature of the interaction with the passenger-victim of theft. The recommendations for further practical use.