Habarovsk, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
This article discusses the specifics of criminal liability. for cybercrimes in the context of digitalization and globalization of the information space. The relevance of criminal liability for crimes in the digital environment is analyzed both at the national and international levels. Special attention is paid to the analysis of scientific approaches of various authors in modern legal science to the definition of the concept of "cybercrime", the characteristics of its main features, on the basis of these approaches the author's concept is formulated. Based on a comparative legal analysis of the legislation of the USA, Germany, Japan, China and Iran, the main models of criminal law regulation of cybercrime are identified. The study identifies the main trends in the development of criminal legislation in the field of cybercrime in foreign countries and forms proposals for improving the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation
cybercrimes, criminal liability, digital environment, information and telecommunication technologies, cybersecurity, foreign legislation
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