THE IMPACT OF AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES ON THE SEVERITY OF SELF INTERESTED CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY

Oleksiy KRIZHANOVSKY

KRIZHANOVSKY O. (2023), THE IMPACT OF AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES ON THE SEVERITY OF SELF INTERESTED CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY, Scientific Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, № 1, 222-227

DOI: 10.31733/2078-3566-2023-1-222-227

 

ABSTRACT. The article deals with the impact of aggravating circumstances on the severity of self-interested criminal offenses against property. It has been proven that in constructing the composition of kidnappings, there are separate violations of the rules of criminalization of these acts, which unjustifiably reduce their degree of severity. Resolution No. 10 of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Ukraine dated November 6, 2009 gives a restrictive interpretation to the term «by prior collusion by a group of persons». The aggravating circumstance of «intrusion into a dwelling, other premises or storage» is inconsistent with similar terms used in the legislation of Ukraine. The following directions for improving the legislation of Ukraine: 1) include in the list of articles specified in paragraph 1 of the note to Art. 185 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, articles 289, 308, 312, 313, 357, 410 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine; 2) to propose to the Supreme Court of Ukraine to provide an explanation regarding the interpretation of the aggravating circumstance «by prior collusion by a group of persons», which should be understood not only as a joint execution, but all possible types of distribution of roles of accomplices of a criminal offense; 3) amend the articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provide for responsibility for breaking into a dwelling, other premises or storage, defining this circumstance as «breaking into a dwelling or other property of a person»; 4) provide in the Criminal Code of Ukraine a single criterion for determining the amount of property damage caused by a criminal offense; 5) establish criminal liability for the commission of self-interested criminal offenses against property by a criminal organization or criminal community.

Keywords: criminal offenses against property, selfish motive, aggravating circumstances, qualifying features, degree of severity.

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