CRIMINAL CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST JUSTICE

Abstract

The article summarizes the approaches to the classification of criminal
offenses against justice, which were reflected in the sciences of the criminal-legal
cycle. It is emphasized that the basis of the forensic criterion for classification
can be the axiological approach, that is, those public goods and legitimate
interests that are harmed by the commission of criminal offenses of the
investigated group, taking into account the characteristics of the victim and the
persons who commit these socially dangerous acts. According to these criteria, it
is proposed to single out the following groups of criminal offenses: 1)
encroachment on the legal activities of persons who administer and ensure
justice, their lives, health and property; 2) criminal offenses related to non-
compliance with court decisions by the persons in respect of whom they were
passed; 3) criminal offenses committed by officials who administer or ensure the
administration of justice or who are entrusted with duties to facilitate the
administration of justice; 4) criminal offenses against justice, which arecommitted by persons whose behavior is characterized by legal nihilism and
who, aware of the legal principles, implement illegal forms of behavior, thereby
obstructing the administration of justice.