The efficiency of criminal law policy
The article discusses a range of issues relating to the effectiveness of the criminal law policy of Ukraine. The efficiency is defined as the degree of achievement of the goals and objectives in the fight against crime with the use of norms and institutions of the law on criminal responsibility. The effectiveness of criminal law policy is primarily based on the impact of legislation on criminal liability, it depends on the efficiency and impact of the direct application of its criminal law rules, it is conditioned with the action of the whole complex of criminal law functions (enforcement, regulatory, preventive and others). Ukrainian legislation on the criminal liability of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which is the legislative branch, which is a relatively stable system, obeying the laws of rational legal systemacy, and therefore the efficiency of criminal law policy is a feature of such a system as a whole. In a situation in which the criminal law rule is intended to protect the most important relationship for the society from criminal attacks, and this goal is fully or largely achieved with the help of the very fact of its adoption (by influencing the public consciousness), the criminal law policy is primarily implemented not because of its use, but because of the conscious compliance with laws governing the behavior of individual human activities of public associations, the work of institutions, enterprises, organizations, and public administration. In this case, the non-use of the law on criminal liability in the absence of occasion for this shows the high level of its effectiveness. Otherwise, the frequent application of the law on criminal liability can not be regarded as an indicator of its high level of efficiency, since the law did not achieve the desired result - it did not effect properly on the society and its members. The article defines and discusses criteria for effectiveness, its levels, as well as a number of other related issues.