Partial decriminalization of beatings and other violent actions as a new stage of modern criminal policy

This article analyzes the fundamental changes in the domestic legislation, which on the initiative of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and under the motto of humanization of the criminal responsibility incurred in 2016–2017. Was proposed to decriminalize deliberate acts directed against life and health, despite the fact that the need for criminal-law protection last before no one questioned. The author comes to the conclusion that partial decriminalization of beatings and other violent acts opens a new stage of modern criminal policy. The article analyzes the declared grounds for decriminalization and the resulting conflicts of criminal and administrative processes, as well as the sanctions provided for in the updated law. The decrease in the level of protection of the constitutional right to personal inviolability is stated, the criminological, social and other consequences of the implemented innovation are shown.

Keywords

criminal policy, constitutional rights and guarantees, decriminalization, beatings, illegal violent actions, triple prevention, relapse, criminal punishment, necessary defense, extreme necessity, compensation of property damage to the victim, moral harm, administrative punishment, administrative investigation, lynching, shadow justice

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15.10.2019

Publication date

02.12.2019

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40918

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GOST	Skoblikov P. Partial decriminalization of beatings and other violent actions as a new stage of modern criminal policy // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2019. – Issue 10 C. 83-93 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S013207690007189-9-1 (circulation date: 23.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013207690007189-9
MLA	Skoblikov, Petr "Partial decriminalization of beatings and other violent actions as a new stage of modern criminal policy." Gosudarstvo i pravo 10 (2019):83-93. DOI: 10.31857/S013207690007189-9
APA	Skoblikov P. (2019). Partial decriminalization of beatings and other violent actions as a new stage of modern criminal policy. Gosudarstvo i pravo (10), pp.83-93 DOI: 10.31857/S013207690007189-9

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