Modern methods of crime prevention related to the excess of official power or authority in the law enforcement system

Abstract

The general objective of the article was to discuss modern methods of crime prevention related to the excess of official power or authority in the system of public order. The methodological basis of the study was the dialectical method of scientific knowledge. Thanks to its application, legal and social phenomena influencing the actions of law enforcement officers were analyzed. In the interconnection, the statistical data of the survey, on the judicial practice concerning the issues of abuse of power by law enforcement officers, were also studied. Over the past eight years, 391 judgments were rendered in Ukraine, 4258 decisions on procedural actions during the consideration of offenses under Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. It is concluded that measures to prevent crimes related to abuse of power should be comprehensive. In particular, they must be effectively correlated with the legislative framework of the policy of protection and prevention of abuse of power of the state.

Legal Protection of the Right to Freedom and Personal Integrity of the Citizens of Ukraine (Private and Public Aspect)

“…22-V, and the Law of Ukraine "On the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Human Rights" the Commissioner is entrusted with the functions of the national preventive mechanism. These functions are implemented through systematic inspection by the Commissioner and representatives of the Commissioner's Secretariat of places of detention, with the aim of monitoring compliance with the rights of persons detained (remaining) in these places, in particular, the right to protection against improper treatment (Horoshynskyi, 2023).…”