Gaps of socio-economic bases of criminalization

The article examines the issues of the socio-economic foundations of criminalization in general, their social functions and the impact on public and individual consciousness, as well as factors affecting criminalization, such as historical, social and cultural conditions existing in society, traditions of choosing a method regulation of certain social relations through the criminalization and decriminalization of certain acts. The aim of the presented study is to identify the system of priorities in the criminal law protection of various social relations in order to build an optimal model of the structure of social values subject to criminal law protection and reflect the true degree of public danger of encroachment in the penalties of criminal law, including taking into account the damage caused. Based on the study, the author concludes that the main task is to develop a theory and method of ascending from criminalization reasons to the grounds of criminalization, expressing the of social need for criminal law, where one of the factors of the group socio-economic ground for criminalization is the availability of material resources for the implementation of the criminal law prohibition, the essence of which is that when criminalizing, it is necessary not only to take into account the legal aspect but also take care of the availability of the necessary funds.

criminal law prohibition, criminalization, decriminalization, penalization