OSOBENOSTI KRIVIČNE ODGOVORNOSTI MALOLJETNIKA U RUSKOJ FEDERACIJI
PECULIARITIES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF JUVENILES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Summary/Abstract: In modern conditions of aggravated social problems, minors are increasingly found in an environment unfavorable for their development. Often this leads to the fact that they are forced to commit a crime in order to provide for their livelihood. Or, they begin to commit crimes because the conditions in which adults have formed in them the conviction that crime is normal. The existence of minors in such an environment leads to social risk. Today, among the priority measures in the fight against juvenile crime is criminal responsibility, which is the reaction of the state and society to the illegal behavior of minors who violate the law. Criminal responsibility of minors is a special category of criminal law in the Russian Federation. The law is more lenient towards persons who committed a crime before reaching the age of 18 than towards adults: an expanded list of grounds for exemption from criminal responsibility, reduction of prison sentences, etc. The aim of this Paper is to consider the basic aspects of the criminal responsibility of minors in the Russian Federation and to identify their specific features. Issues such as the definition of a minor, the onset of criminal responsibility, the types of crimes for which minors bear criminal responsibility, the degree of responsibility depending on age, the conditions of criminal punishment for minors, sentencing, compulsory measures of educational action, release from punishment, preventive measures and other important aspects will be considered.

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