Criminological Characterization of Computer Crime and New Methods of its Prevention
https://doi.org/10.17803/1729-5920.2025.222.5.077-086
Abstract
Computer technologies are actively developing. Due to this fact, the main task of the state is to maintain a balance between computer technologies and the protection of human rights. In 2020–2023, the number of computer crimes increased by a third, and the amount of damage exceeded 210 billion rubles. Thus, it is necessary to introduce new methods for their prevention. Crimes provided for by Chapter 28 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are mainly committed in urban areas; alone; the persons who committed them were not in a state of alcoholic, narcotic or other intoxication; had no unexpunged or outstanding convictions; committed a computer crime for the first time. New methods of preventing computer crime are hardly investigated by scientists and are rarely used in preventive activities, while advances in artificial intelligence offer a paradigm shift, allowing new methods to be developed and applied to prevent such crimes. At the same time, the current achievements of the use of artificial intelligence in the prevention of computer crimes should not be stopped, it is necessary to continue to develop new methods, since artificial intelligence is able to work in various conditions, for example, with incomplete criminological data, inaccurate information about the alleged place of the crime.
Keywords
crimes,
computer crimes,
computer information,
computer information crimes,
warning,
warning methods
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with the support of the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 24-28-00312, URL: https://rscf.ru/project/24-28-00312/.
About the Author
Irina A. Efremova
Saratov State Law Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina A. Efremova, Dr. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Criminal and Penal Law, Prosecutorial Supervision and Criminology,
Saratov.
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Efremova I.A. Criminological Characterization of Computer Crime and New Methods of its Prevention. Lex Russica. 2025;78(5):77-86. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17803/1729-5920.2025.222.5.077-086
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