| Abstract [eng] |
SUMMARY One of the most committed crimes not only in Lithuania, but also in other world countries is theft. Quite much attention for the prevention and control of this crime gives our country; that is why today it is important to analyze one of the most committed criminal acts to property - theft, which harms property or endangers such harm. Also it is settled that practice is ambiguous by applying the provisions of the 178th article of Lithuanian CC, therefore, analysis of theft composition is useful for the practise of criminal law application. The purpose of this graduation paper was to analyze and reveal the conception of theft, and features of its contents, by researching object, matter, the objective side of theft, subject and the subjective side of theft, qualificatory features and differences of theft from other similar acts to property according to the criminal law of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries. The following tasks were set for this paper: to perform the research of law, regulating penal responsibility for theft, development in the Republic of Lithuania; to perform the brief analysis of crimes to property system, by instituting place of theft in it, according to the criminal laws of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries; to reveal the composition of theft, and to compare the similarities and differences of theft composition between criminal laws of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries; to reveal the concept of theft as misdemeanour; to analyze and compare the qualificatory features of theft between criminal laws of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries; to reveal the differences of theft from other similar acts to property. Various methods of research were used by writing this paper: logical method. By method of comparative analysis, the provided responsibility for theft in the criminal code of the Republic of Lithuania to the provided responsibility for this criminal act in the criminal code of foreign countries was compared. By employing the exploratory method, the objective was to analyze the concept of penal responsibility for theft, composition, qualificatory features and differences from other similar acts to property, according to the criminal laws of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries. By historical method development of laws, regulating the penal responsibility for theft, of the Republic of Lithuania was analyzed. |
