Environmental crimes: history of development and criminology characteristics

The criminal law norms determining responsibility for the environmental crimes were discussed, and the history of the formation of the legislative system was explored in the research work. It has been determined that the criminal legislation has gone through a complex and difficult path in the fight against such a dangerous criminal phenomenon as environmental crime. It was confirmed that in comparison with the previous criminal legislations, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, adopted on September 1, 2000, defined perfect components for the criminal manifestations related to environmental crimes. At the same time, in addition to the Criminal Code, other legislative acts, including criminal responsibility for environmental crimes, were also reflected in the study. The criminological characteristics of environmental crime, the trend of its quantitative indicators, as well as the qualitative situation at the modern stage were considered in the research work. The causes and conditions of environmental crimes and their prevention, as well as the criminological characteristics of those who committed these crimes, were studied. Quite clear opinions about the causes and circumstances of the crime, personality of the criminal, demographic and psychological characteristics of the personality have been expressed here.