El suicidio en la era de las transformaciones digitales (prácticas de investigación del delito)

Keywords: suicide, information society, digitization, digital crimes, cybercrime

Abstract

The objective of this article was to identify the characteristics of crime investigation in the action of provoking someone’s suicide on the Internet, identifying the main problems, characteristics of the investigation and prospects for improvement of the crime investigation methodology. For the development of the article the following methods were used to meet the objectives: comparative legal method, historical and comparative methods, which made it possible to analyze the state, problems, and prospects for the development of Ukrainian legislation in the field of liability for causing someone to commit suicide. The article also involves the method of systematization, which provided the opportunity to study the genesis and changes in the legislation that regulates the matter. It was concluded that there was a lack of good  practices and an effective system for investigating Internet crimes, due to the peculiarities of the  development and use of the Internet, as well as rapid technological advancement. Comparing the experience of the EU and the US, it was determined that preventive and educational functions are the main ones in this area, helping to prevent relevant crimes.

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Author Biographies

Petro P. Pidykov, National Academy of Internal Affairs

Doctor of Law Sciences , Senior Researcher, Unit for the Organization of Scientific Activity and Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, National Academy of Internal Affairs, 03035 Kyiv, Ukraine.

Inna O. Roshchina, Kyiv National Economic University

Professor, Candidate of Juridical Sciences (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Department of Constitutional and Criminal Law , Institute of Law SHEI «Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University», 03057, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ivan V. Servetsky, Prince Vladimir the Great Interregional Academy of Personnel Management

Professor, Doctor of Law Sciences, Associate Professor, Educational and scientific institute of Law. Prince Vladimir the Great Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, 03039, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Olena G. Bondarenko, Prince Vladimir the Great Interregional Academy of Personnel Management

Аssistant professor, Candidate of Juridical Sciences (Ph.D.), Educational and scientific institute of Law. Prince Vladimir the Great Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, 03039 Kyiv, Ukraine.

Yevhen V. Bondarenko, Prince Vladimir the Great Interregional Academy of Personnel Management

Professor, Candidate of Juridical Sciences (Ph.D.), Educational and scientific institute of Law. Prince Vladimir the Great Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, 03039 Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Published
2021-12-16
How to Cite
Pidykov, P. P., Roshchina, I. O., Servetsky, I. V., Bondarenko, O. G., & Bondarenko, Y. V. (2021). El suicidio en la era de las transformaciones digitales (prácticas de investigación del delito). Political Questions, 39(71), 289-307. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3971.14
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Derecho Público