| Abstract [eng] |
The theme of this master thesis “Criminal responsibility for a theft according to the criminal law of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries” is relevant nowadays, because one of the most frequent crimes, not only in Lithuania but also in other foreign countries, is theft. Our country for the prevention and control of this crime gives quite a big attention, thus today it is relevant to analyze one of the most frequent criminal activities involving property – theft, which does harm to property or causes a threat for such harm. There is a big variety of thefts, and methods of its performance develop all the time. That influences the controversial opinions when applying and explaining the attributes of theft composition. As well as the courts‘ practise is not the same, when applying the 178th article of Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, thus the analysis of theft composition and attributes, qualifying a theft, is useful for the application practise of criminal law. The master thesis consists of introduction, 5 principle parts of the thesis and conclusions. In the first part there is being analyzed the conception of the theft and the development of laws, regulating this activity. Further on is being analyzed the composition of theft; these are objective and subjective symptoms of this criminal activity. In the third part there are being analyzed symptoms, qualifying a theft. In the fourth part there is being analyzed a theft as a criminal offence. In the master thesis there is also being analyzed a differentiation of the theft from other similar criminal activities involving property according to the criminal law of the Republic of Lithuania and other foreign countries. In each part of the master thesis there are being discerned the most vivid problematic aspects, and corresponding author‘s attitude is being reflected in the conclusions. |
