The Difference Between the Object of a Crime and the Means and Instrument of a Crime
The author of this article draws attention to the need to distinguish the object of crime from the means and instruments of crime. For this, the article provides an analysis of the opinions of various scientists, which showed that at the moment there is no common understanding of the object, means and tools of crime, this is the relevance of the topic chosen by the author. The article notes that information can act both as an instrument of crime, and as a means of committing a crime, and as the object of a crime. The article also provides court practice regarding the correct definition of the object, instrument and means of crime. In the end, the author asks not to neglect the value of the object, instrument and means of crime, since taking into account these signs of the objective side of the crime helps to correctly and fairly set the punishment for the committed criminal act, taking into account all aggravating and mitigating circumstances.