Demidova, L.N. Structure of property damage in criminal law of Ukraine

Abstract: The article is devoted to a topical problem of defining the structure of property damage as a criminal consequence. The existing complications are due to the fact that there is no unified approach in the general theory of criminal law towards this matter, and the scholars provide varying descriptions of structure of such consequences even within a single type of crime. The said ambiguity influence the clarity of legal fixation of elements of crime in criminal law, and it causes judicial mistakes, violating the lawful right of victims for the full compensation of property damage caused by a crime. The article provides analysis of various positions on defining the structure of property damage; she singles out the key features, allowing to distinguish the property damage structure in criminal law from loss and damage in civil law. The author formulates the conclusions, which may be of help to legal practitioners for the purposes of guaranteeing lawfulness when classification certain crimes and compensating damage to property of a victim caused by a criminal act.

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