Korupcijos prevencijos teisinių pagrindų Lietuvoje kriminologinė analizė

Abstract

This Master Thesis deals with a very urgent theme, criminological analysis of legal grounds for prevention of corruption, since in Lithuania, like in many other countries, the roots of corruption lie in the past, but nowadays the new forms of corruption are emerging and penetrating into various public institutions, politics, private sector, and they often acquire international character. All the above mentioned factors have negative impact on the country’s economic development, they impede free and fair competition, discredit the state authorities, and even the state itself, with the public. The Thesis aims at introducing the specific features of criminological characteristic of corruption and at discussing the legal grounds for prevention of the said phenomenon. With this aim in mind, through comparison and analysis of the Lithuanian laws and international legal acts providing the concept of corruption and principles of fight against this phenomenon, the features of corruption prevention were specified and explained, as well as the legal status and activities of institutions engaged in investigation of corruption were introduced. Finally, the Thesis gives conclusions and provides suggestions on how to improve prevention of corruption in Lithuania based on the opinion of various authors, analysis of laws and legal acts and data of the survey carried out. Analysis of legal acts and research materials, as well as the systematized results of the survey of the officers involved in investigation of criminal acts related to corrupt practices show that abundance of regulations of the relations within the civil service, on the one hand, and lack of transparency and consistency, on the other, create conditions for development of corruption. Although legal acts and their drafts were analysed in the light of anti-corruption, the analysis of spread of corruption in the most vulnerable areas showed that in order to implement the corruption prevention measures it should be suggested to give more attention to development of such activities as informing and educating the public in the field of prevention of corruption.