ANALYSIS OF CRIMES AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE CRIME - ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Аннотация

The starting goal of this paper is an analysis of crimes against the environment and human health, which is a separate chapter of the Criminal Code, but special emphasis is placed on the crime of Environmental Pollution from Article 218 of the Criminal Code, as one of the most common crimes committed on the territory of RNM. The first part of the paper shows the necessity and urgency of increasing the criminal-legal protection of the environment and nature, as well as the legislation that covers these crimes, especially the above-mentioned crime - its elements, i.e. its very definition, and in the second part the paper includes an analysis of the most common crimes, compared by gender, age, conviction, etc. Data are drawn from the State Statistics Office, which are available by year, as well as from court decisions, the number of guilty perpetrators, compared to those who have not been found guilty for the period of the last few years, that is, from 2017 - 2023, according to the available statistical data, and the most common crimes committed on the territory of RNM in this time period are included.