Etrospective analysis of criminal-legal and criminological measures to ensure environmental safety the problem of high latency of environmental crime and solutions in the context of digitalization

Abstract

In the present article, the author conducts a retrospective analysis of criminal law and criminological (preventive) state measures to ensure environmental safety and the conservation of natural resources. In the article, the author demonstrates the modification of criminal legislation aimed at preserving the main components of the natural environment, which depends on the development of society and its economic activities. In addition, the subject of the article is the designation of the relevance of the conservation of natural resources at all times, including the deterrence of illegal actions with the use of criminal and criminological measures. The purpose of the article is to indicate by the author a fairly high latency of environmental crime in Russia. Statistical indicators of the studied category of crime and the ongoing socio-economic processes in society question its real state.
 In this regard, the author of the article identifies a number of problematic factors that affect the provision of environmental safety by measures of criminal law and criminological influence. At the same time, in order to reduce the latency of environmental crime, the author proposes a number of measures of a state and managerial nature, including the use of modern digital technologies, resources and surveillance systems.