Problems of determining the amount of reimbursement for moral damage in criminal proceedings
This article deals with problems posed in law-enforcement and jurisprudence practices while determining the amount of reimbursement for moral damages in criminal legal proceedings. Today at the legislative level neither frames no order of determining the amount of reimbursement to the victim for the sufferings resulting from a crime have been fixed yet therefore both the analysis and the study of this problem is considered to be quite a relevant one. In general the article provides a review of the legal acts containing norms of compensation for the moral damages as well as the characteristic of the aspects which are of the essence for determination of the amount of compensation. The author has also made conclusions and suggestions as to developing legislation with regard to the problem under the study. Results of the performed analysis of the problems dealing with determination of the amount of reimbursement for moral damages in criminal legal proceedings can be applied for the improvement of the criminal procedure legislation and law-enforcement activity in the sphere of investigation and settlement of criminal cases alike, and also for teaching a criminal trial course in higher educational institutions.