CRIMINOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS

Abstract

The article analyzes the criminological features of the leaders of organized criminal groups specializing in various types of criminal activity; their typology is considered.

The criminological features of the personality of rank-and-file and other members of organized criminal groups, depending on their role and type of criminal activity, are clarified, and their classification is given.

The factors contributing to the criminal behavior of members of organized criminal groups have been determined. Attention is also paid to the main features of organized crime and its current state.

The structure of organized criminal groups was revealed; regularities and unfavorable trends were revealed, as well as the main directions of activity of organized criminal groups in Ukraine.

The article proposes measures of preventive influence on the participants of organized criminal groups.

Also, considerable attention is paid to the fact that the public danger of a participant in organized criminal activity lies in the fact that he is part of an organized crime system, and members of organized criminal groups represent a special, increased public danger in such associations. It has been analyzed that organized crime is a relatively independent form of crime that has a high level of social danger, represents a coherent and sustainable system of criminal activity of organized criminal groups, consisting of a set of crimes committed by organized criminal groups and (or) criminal communities (criminal organizations). , and persons who committed them in a certain territory in a certain period of time, which is manifested in the ability to reproduce and in systematic criminal activity, which is provided with its means of protection against social control and corruption ties with representatives of state power, local self-government and is carried out in all spheres of society, guaranteeing financial profit, including from the legalization of criminal income.