The thesis is devoted to the provision of criminological characteristics and the development of a set of measures for the prevention of crimes related to the interfering of the official activity of law enforcement officers. The concept of crimes related to the interfering of the official activity of law enforcement officers is provided; the main forms and methods of their commission are defined. A list of essential features that are inherent in the phenomenon of the interfering of the official activity of law-enforcers is given. Depending on the object of criminal influence, the following types of interference of the official activity of law enforcement officers are distinguished.
Analysis of the current state of crimes related to the obstacle of the official activity of law enforcement officers was provided. The increasing of the level of crimes related to the obstacle pf the official activity of law enforcement officers was recorded. It has been established that in the structure of the phenomenon being studied, the encroachments, stipulated by Art. 345 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, Art. 342 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and Art. 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. During recent times, the tendency towards the predominance of these crimes in the structure of interfering of the official activity of law enforcement officers persists.
The consequences of committing crimes related to the interfering of the official activity of law enforcement officers for the state of law and order in the state are investigated. The damage caused by these crimes can be physical, material and moral-psychological. As a result of the study of the statistics of victims of law enforcement officers, it is concluded that the National Police officers are predominant among them. The cumulative effect of these consequences reduces the
activity and initiative of law enforcement officers, adversely affects the results of activities in the field of combating crime, leads to the accumulation of unsolved criminal crimes over the past years, damages the business reputation of the law enforcement system as a whole, as well as the prestige of the profession.
The complex of criminological determinants of the phenomenon of obstructing the official activity of law enforcement officers is considered. Research of criminological determinants of interfering of the official activity of law enforcement officers was based on the study of economic, political, organizational and managerial, socio-psychological and regulatory factors. Conditionally, they can be divided into internal ones, which function within the law-enforcement system, and external, which, accordingly, arise and develop in society. The influence of the attitude of civil society and the state to the effectiveness of law enforcement agencies on the commission of crimes related to the obstacles to the official activity of law enforcement officers has been clarified.
A number of measures of a general social, special criminological and victimological nature have been formed, aimed at preventing the commission of crimes related to the interfering of the official activity of law enforcement officers.
