The necessity of vandalism criminalisation

Abstract

Settlements suffer from the effects of vandals, who destroy, damage, and abuse objects on the streets and other public places. Even 10 years ago, there were state’s and citizens’ attempts to prevent vandalism, while in the last few years the scale of such actions to minimize and eliminate these manifestations has decreased significantly. Nevertheless, the increase in the number of acts of vandalism requires the immediate resolution of a number of criminal and related issues. Acts of vandalism in Ukraine are spreading from year to year, which causes great indignation in society and reduces the aesthetic appearance of the country. Currently there is an urgent need to criminalize vandalism as the consequences of senseless leisure are always damaged property and facilities, abuse of state symbols and administrative buildings, as well as other property in a public place. Vandalism corresponds to the legal-criminological, socio-economic and socio-economic grounds for criminalization of socially dangerous acts. Despite the oversaturation of criminal law prohibitions, the introduction of the institute of criminal misconduct in criminal law greatly facilitates the possibility of criminalizing vandalism in modern conditions.