Preventing Corruption Offenses Committed by Police
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to reveal the legal content of the term «corruption crime» through the prism of domestic and international law, formulation of key determinants for criminal offences of corruption the police on the basis of questionnaire data. Methods. Regarding the Commission of corruption crimes by the officials of law enforcement agencies testify to the successful use of the method of questioning and interviewing. Methodology. Due to the method of analysis and synthesis were able to structure the international legal acts in the sphere of combating corruption, the dialectical method gave the opportunity to form the basic conceptual and categorical framework of anti-corruption legislation, highlighting key definitions. Scientific novelty. The article author gives a private approach to the identification of signs of corruption crimes through analysis of doctrinal opinions and self-generated insights and proposals for possible ways of improvement. In particular, it is proposed in the theoretical plan to understand the criminal
punishments envisaged by the Criminal Code of Ukraine as socially dangerous and punishable intentional acts that contain signs of corruption and committed by special subjects. Conclusions. On the basis of the analysis highlighted the causal relationships and the negative consequences of corruption offenses committed by police officers. It has been established that police officers are most susceptible to committing such corruption offenses as abuse of office, illegal gain, excess of authority or official authority, and official negligence. The overwhelming motivation for crimes committed in the field of official activity by National Police officers is: the desire to raise their material standard of living; the desire to satisfy psychological needs (self-expression, achievement of career growth, etc.); the desire to live
«wide leg».
Keywords: crime; official activity; corruption; policeman; abuse; official position; official; counteraction.
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