Corruption Offences: Current Challenges in Criminal Liability Differentiation

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to apperceive the current challenges of criminal liability for corruption offences differentiation and, on this basis, to develop scientifically based proposals to address these problems and improve the effectiveness of criminal law anti-corruption measures. The object of the study is public relations associated with the formation and application of differentiated criminal legal anti-corruption measures. The subject of the study is the current legislation challenges, theory and practice in terms of a differentiated approach to the establishment and implementation of criminal liability for corruption offences. The methodological basis of the study comprises general, general scientific and special scientific methods of cognition, including the method of legal modelling. This scientific article reflects the results of a study of the current criminal legislation on liability for corruption offences, an analysis of judicial statistics and theoretical works referring to the issues under consideration, and contains specific proposals for further liability differentiation. The outcome of the study is a scientifically substantiated conclusion that the available differentiation of criminal liability for corruption offences is not fully aligned with the interests of the state and society in anti-corruption efforts. Furthermore, it does not comply with the equitable principle of criminal liability, indicating the advisability of elaboration of a set of measures to improve criminal legislation in this field.