Execution of property punishments by law enforcement agencies in Ukraine

Abstract

In terms of legal theory, Ukraine, as the main structural element of the political system, carries out the state policy the aim of which is provided in the Constitution of Ukraine. This policy is demonstrated in different directions, defining the main objectives and content of the state activity in all areas of public relations. One of the structural elements of the state policy is legal policy, the main task of which is to create an effective system of social relations regulation by legal means. Depending on its orientation, this policy is divided into subtypes that typically correspond to law branches. However, there are inter-species of legal policy, which unite under a common goal. To these species the policy of the fight against crime belongs, the backbone element of which is a criminal law policy. The criminal law policy, being a structural element of policy in the fight against crime, has the task of developing and implementing measures to fight crime, using criminal law means, and perhaps, primarily – through penalties, including property penalties. The methodological basis of the study is the dialectical method that was used during the investigation and which revealed and resolved conflicts taking place in society; it showed the dialectical relationship of structural elements of criminal law policy in the field of property punishment in Ukraine with features that are unique to specific legal state formations. Using the method of generalization, we were able to obtain characteristics of the criminal law policy in the field of property penalties in general and its elements. Genetic method allowed us to answer questions about the origins of phenomena, that is to determine facts which led to the appearance of the phenomenon.