General and Particular Rules for the Qualification of an Unfinished Crime
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-6794-2022-4-126-132
Abstract
Aim. To present legal analysis of general and particular rules for the qualification of an unfinished crime, enshrined in the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation, materials of law enforcement practice and science, which allows us to give a correct (justified, accurate, legal) assessment of unfinished illegal acts at the stage of preparation or attempted crime.
Methodology. Various scientific research methods (analysis, synthesis, comparative-legal, system-structural) were used in the research process. The analysis of the researchers’ views on the issues and problems of the qualification of an unfinished crime is given.
Results. The scientific article summarizes and systematizes the basic rules of qualification of preparation for a crime and attempted crime. Based on the analysis of the studied criminal cases, the errors arising in law enforcement practice during the legal assessment of acts forming unfinished criminal activity are analyzed.
Research implications. The scientific provisions containing in the article, as well as practical recommendations on the qualification of crimes forming unfinished criminal activity, can be used in the process of studying and teaching the disciplines of the criminal law cycle, as well as in order to optimize criminal legislation that establishes norms on responsibility for preparation for a crime and attempted crime.
About the Author
N. А. KarpovaRussian Federation
Nataliya A. Karpova – Cand. Sci . (Law), Assoc. Prof., Department of Criminal Law
ul. Akademika Volgina12, Moscow 117437
References
1. Vinokurov V. N. [The meaning of understanding the immediate object of a crime against life for qualification in case of an error in the development of a causal connection and in case of deviation of an action]. In: Zakonnost [Legitimacy], 2022, no. 4, pp. 38–40.
2. Gaukhman L. D. Kvalifikatsiya prestupleniy: zakon, teoriya, praktika [Qualification of crimes: law, theory, practice]. Moscow, Tsentr YurInfor Publ., 2013. 446 p.
3. Denisov N. L. [Determining the features of the subject of the crime and the victim as the first stage of qualification of crimes, proactively establishing the object of the crime]. In: Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta MVD Rossii [Bulletin of Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia], 2020, no. 4, pp. 90–95.
4. Denisov N. L. [Issues of qualification of an attempt on the life of a person exercising justice or preliminary investigation]. In: Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta MVD Rossii [Bulletin of Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia], 2021, no. 6, pp. 109–113.
5. Zimirieva L. A. Prichinnaya svyaz v prestupleniyakh protiv zhizni i zdorovya [Causality in crimes against life and health]. St. Petersburg, Yuridicheskiy tsentr Publ., 2017. 188 p.
6. Kadnikov N. G. Kvalifikatsiya prestupleniy i voprosy sudebnogo tolkovaniya [Qualification of crimes and issues of judicial interpretation]. Moscow, Yurisprudentsiya Publ., 2019. 300 p.
7. Knyazkov A. A. Teoriya i praktika kvalifikatsii prestupleniy [Theory and practice of qualification of crimes]. Yaroslavl, YarSU Publ., 2018. 99 p.
8. Neshataev V. N. [Special rule for qualification of crimes]. In: Vestnik Universiteta «Klaster» [Bulletin of the University «Cluster»], 2022, no. 2, pp. 16–22.
9. Obrazhiev K. V. [Rules for qualifying crimes: trends and development prospects]. In: Vestnik Nizhegorodskoy akademii MVD Rossii [Bulletin of Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia], 2019, no. 1, pp. 168–172.