DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT “ORGANISED CRIME”: A CRIMINOLOGICAL ASPECT

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The purpose of the article is to analyse domestic and foreign approaches to the definition of the concept "organised crime" as a criminological category and the study of the essence of this socio-legal phenomenon.In order to achieve the purpose, the following task has been set: to review various scientific and criminological approaches to understanding organised crime, to identify the most successful of them and to propose the author's perspective on the concept, which successfully combines both criminological and criminal-legal aspects.Results.The article defines the concept of organised crime, in particular the criminological aspect of such a definition.The article establishes that an effective response to organised crime is directly related to the development and formation of an optimal definition of this social and legal phenomenon, which would simultaneously consider both criminal-legal aspects and criminological ones.The author reveals different scientific and criminological approaches to the definition of "organised crime".The article underlines that organised crime is a complex phenomenon of public life with many levels and complex structure.This phenomenon has arisen against the background of the desire of part of society to change, necessarily in an illegal, criminal way, the legal order in the interests of personal enrichment, obtaining maximum profit and actual authority over a certain region or sphere of life.Conclusions.To sum up, organised crime is a stable, independent, hierarchical organisation of criminal environment, characterised by a clear structure, coordinated criminal actions, criminally liable as provided by legal regulations, long-term goals and the aim to gain permanent significant profits, turning their own trading into "illegal entrepreneurship" and significant risks for the state well-being due to the symbiotic connection of criminal networks with corrupt officials.Organised crime in the current Ukrainian reality is becoming extremely widespread, resulting in an insufficient understanding of this social and legal phenomenon.Given its significant threat to the democratic principles of life in the State, it is required to take a more detailed approach to organised crime, and to disclose its essence, considering the criminological aspects.

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