Abstract
The paper is focused on the problem of IT-crime development in Russia against the background of a significant increase in its indicators. Analysis of the current state of IT crime, identification of its causes and growth factors, problems of countering this type of crime. The study was carried out using general scientific methods (analysis and synthesis, observation, logical method, content analysis of the media), private scientific methods: questioning and survey, as well as the method of criminal statistics. The study made it possible to identify the features of the restructuring of modern crime and its factors; correlate the problem of the development of IT crime, including with the shortcomings of the functioning of the penal system revealed in the media; analyze and substantiate the proposed methods of combating IT crime. Substantiated a group of factors that currently have a significant impact on the development of IT crime; the revealed problem of the development of IT-criminality in places of deprivation of liberty is analyzed: the reasons and methods of counteraction. The conclusion is made about the inexpediency of methods of technical intervention in universal access to communication services in local territorial areas that require significant budgetary investments. According to the study, the key role in normalizing the situation in the penitentiary system still belongs to the staff of institutions, and the creation of the most effective ways to stimulate law-abiding behavior.
Highlights
At present, according to criminal statistics presented on the official websites of the Main Information and Analysis Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the crime rate in Russia is decreasing annually
According to the current data of the Main Information and Analysis Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the first half of 2020, the situation as a whole remains the same, the statistics correspond to the previous period
At the same time, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the growth of IT crime continues to be a significant factor that has a negative impact on the crime situation in the country
Summary
According to the current data of the Main Information and Analysis Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the first half of 2020, the situation as a whole remains the same, the statistics correspond to the previous period. The number of crimes against the person is systematically decreasing in comparison with the same period of the previous year (by 8%), the number of crimes committed with the use of weapons – by 10.1%, banditry – by 20.2%, robberies – by 11.4%, thefts – by 2.9%. Street banditry decreased by 23.6%, robberies – by 20.7%, thefts – by 19.6%, theft of vehicles – by 28.7%
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