Criminological characteristics of a person committing criminal offenses in the field of information technologies

Abstract

The article describes a person who commits criminal offenses in the field of information technology. The relevance of the chosen research topic is due to the fact that the rapid development of technological progress in recent years has led to the acceleration of various processes, both state and non-state. At the same time, information technology has been actively used by criminals for criminally illegal purposes. This speeds up the commission of criminal offenses and also allows criminals to remain "unnoticed" in the eyes of law enforcement agencies for a long time.

In addition, criminal offenses committed in the field of information technology are characterized by increased public danger, as they relate to other areas, including property, national security, public safety and more. The share of the above-mentioned criminal offenses committed in these areas is 2–3 times higher than 10 years ago. In this regard, one of the most pressing issues today is the development of an updated model of crime prevention in the field of information technology, as the latter is very quickly and actively transformed, criminals use new methods of committing criminal offenses unknown to law enforcement.

Such criminological analysis of criminal offenses committed with the use of information technology, and the development of effective ways and directions to prevent them is impossible without taking into account the typical personal characteristics of persons who directly commit cybercrime. That is why it is expedient and urgent to study the characteristics of a person who commits criminal offenses in the field of information technology.

The aim of the article is to study the typical features and characteristics of persons who commit criminal offenses in the field of information technology in order to form an effective model for crime prevention in this area.

Research methods: in the process of writing a scientific article the following methods were used: dialectical – to learn about individual processes, phenomena, statistical – during the analysis of official data on persons who have committed a criminal offense in the field of information technology; systemic – when considering the types of cybercriminals, etc.

Considering scientific works and official statistics, a typical criminological portrait of a person committing criminal offenses in the field of information technology is formulated.