Abstract
Receiving stolen property under aggravating circumstances is discussed in terms of both its interpretation accepted in the penal code and the authors' observations from their many years' forensic psychiatric practice. Shortcomings of the interpretation and its elements incompatible with the present political and economic situation of the State are pointed out, as well as prosocial personality traits in many perpetrators of this offence. Besides, it is emphasized that many individuals are accidentally involved in prohibited acts of this sort. Thus, the socio-legal justifiability of the definition of receiving stolen property under aggravating circumstances is put to doubt, since offence of this type is not counterbalanced by any alternative privileged type.