Characteristics of persons who commit criminal offences against road safety and operation of vehicle transport

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Road transport plays a key role in the life of society. However, this type of transport is also a source of increased danger, which is associated with carelessness in its use, which in turn necessitates the search for ways to ensure road safety. It has been found that effective crime prevention is possible only when the emphasis is placed on the individual criminal, since it is he who is the source of the reasons that lead to the commission of criminal offenses against road safety. The article examines the relationship between criminal behavior and consequences, in which the mechanism of criminal behavior is identified, which is a subjective factor in the perception of the road situation by the guilty person and the victim. Even with the same objective basis, there is almost always a difference in the subjective perception of the objective components of the situation. Such differences are often the most important moments in the mechanism of criminal behavior, the source of their conflicting, dangerous nature. The characteristics of persons who commit criminal offenses against road safety and the operation of motor vehicles are given. The study of the personality of a criminal in criminology has always played an important role, since it is the basis for identifying the patterns of formation of criminal behavior, its determination and development of appropriate preventive measures. The personality of a criminal in the context of road safety violations is of particular interest due to the specifics of the essence and mechanism of committing such offenses. In particular, a person who commits criminal offenses should be understood as a criminological set of signs and properties that are manifested in the mechanism of his criminal behavior. It is noted that in criminology several components are distinguished that form the criminological structure of the personality of a criminal: socio-demographic, moral-psychological and criminal-legal characteristics. The relationship between criminal behavior and its consequences has been studied, within which the mechanism of criminal behavior has been identified as a subjective factor in the perception of the road situation by both the guilty person and the victim. Even under the same objective conditions, there is usually a discrepancy in the subjective perception of the objective components of the situation. These discrepancies are often key aspects of the mechanism of criminal behavior, which become the source of their conflict and dangerous nature.