Criminal law and forensic support in the fight against cybercrime

Derecho penal y apoyo forense en la lucha contra el ciberdelito

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.20
Keywords: information space, cybersecurity, cybercrime, criminal liability, classification of crime

Abstract

The article analyses legislation and scientific work on combating cybercrime based on the use of a set of general and special methods, methodological principles and approaches of legal science. It is concluded that with the introduction of the term “cybercrime” in the criminal law of Ukraine, the use of the term “cybercrime” becomes relevant, which should be understood as a socially dangerous crime in cyberspace, a responsibility that is provided for by the Ukrainian law on criminal responsibility and that is also recognized as a criminal offense by international treaties that regulate the matter. Emphasis is placed on the desirability of making appropriate terminological changes in the Law of Ukraine “On the Basic Principles of Cyber Security” and other regulations, as well as taking other systemic measures at the conceptual and organizational level, to identify the main cybersecurity threats and formulate measures to prevent and investigate them, determine a single body for the operational management of all entities whose task is to ensure the cybersecurity, create a system of technological means of the national cybersecurity system and establish closer international cooperation.

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Author Biographies

Valentin Kovalenko, Ministry of justice of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Leading researcher at Copyright and related rights sector of the laboratory of copyright and information technologies of the research center for forensic intellectual property of the ministry of justice of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. 

Anatolii Kryzhanovskyi , Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law, Psychology and Innovative Education, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Oleksandr Kolb, National University of Law Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Enforcement Law at National University of Law Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Svitlana Soroka, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law, Psychology and Innovative Education, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Halyna Popadynets, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law, Psychology and Innovative Education, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine. 

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Published
2022-07-08
How to Cite
Kovalenko, V., Kryzhanovskyi , A., Kolb, O., Soroka, S., & Popadynets, H. (2022). Criminal law and forensic support in the fight against cybercrime: Derecho penal y apoyo forense en la lucha contra el ciberdelito. Political Questions, 40(73), 377-402. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.20
Issue
Vol. 40 No. 73 (2022): Cuestiones Políticas
Section
Derecho Público

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