Qualification of Crimes Related to the Use of Databases by Law Enforcement and Judicial Officers

Modern crime is undergoing significant qualitative changes. In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of crimes related to the use of information and telecommunication technologies. Similar technologies are also used in the commission of official crimes, but today unified approaches to their qualification have not yet been developed. One of the aspects of this problem is the qualification of crimes committed by law enforcement and judicial officials using special databases. Materials and Methods: the research based on the dialectical method of cognition, the formal legal method, as well as methods of analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction. The object of the research is the criminal law views of scientists and practitioners regarding the qualification of crimes in the field of computer information and official offenses. The subject of the study is the norms of Russian criminal legislation that establish liability for unlawful access to computer information and official offenses, as well as judicial practice of their application. Results: a conclusion is drawn about the peculiarities of the qualification of acts under Article 272 of the Criminal Code and articles of Chapter 30 of the Criminal Code and the possibility of qualifying acts according to the totality of crimes, and several established approaches that have developed in modern law enforcement practice. Discussion and Conclusions: The authors emphasize the emerging need to develop a unified approach to the qualification of acts committed by law enforcement and judicial officials using databases and suggest directions for its implementation.