THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF A ROBBERY ATTACK ON A COLLECTOR AS AN OPTIONAL SIGN OF THE OBJECTIVE PART OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE PROVIDED FOR BY ARTICLE 187 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The article examines the essence, meaning and significance of the situation of committing a robbery attack on a tax collector as an optional feature of the objective side of the criminal offense provided for in Art. 187 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. It is indicated that the development of criminal offenses against property originates almost simultaneously with the formation of humanity, which is due to the self-interested motive of such actions, which is the leading and unifying factor for a greater number of socially dangerous actions. Robbery is a more modern and at the same time dangerous criminal offense, which fully positions the core of criminal illegal activity, which is the symbiosis of violence and profit. Achieving the goal of seizing property through the use of violence requires the creation and development of an appropriate algorithm, in particular, in the case of using certain tools, they must be well selected and be sufficient to inflict the bodily harm desired by the subject. It is noted that within the framework of criminal law, the situation provides additional characteristics of a socially dangerous act, necessary for the correct qualification. The authors draw attention to the fact that a robbery attack on a tax collector (unlike most of the acts provided for in Part 1 of Article 187 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) requires the offender to undergo extensive training, in particular, to establish the peculiarities of the tax collectors’ performance of their professional duties. At the same time, the subject must foresee several scenarios of the development of a criminally illegal event, which should take into account potential attempts of resistance by persons against whom a robbery attack is committed. In this regard, unlike ordinary robbery attacks, a number of which are committed spontaneously or against random persons, an attack on cash collectors involves the creation of an appropriate environment. Often, such criminal offenses are committed in complicity due to the impossibility of realizing the intention without the involvement of outside help.