Choos O. Criminal legal characteristics of misappropriation of found property or somebody else's property that accidentally occurred to be in possession of a person

In this thesis, social and legal bases for decriminalization of misappropriation of found or somebody else's property that accidentally occurred to be in possession of a person, objective and subjective features of the body of this crime were studied. It was concluded that this is a rare, situational, and largely incidental crime, and the person, who commits it, is a so-called incidental criminal offender. Statements, conclusions, and suggestions provided in this thesis made it possible to suggest some amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine and to the project of the Code of Ukraine on Criminal Faults, which improve liability for misappropriation of found property somebody else's property.