Features of criminal liability according to age

In the process of bringing criminals to criminal responsibility, many circumstances related to the behavior of a person are important. One of the criteria that is essential for the qualification of acts is the age of the offender. Despite the fact that the Russian criminal legislation regulates in sufficient detail the age limits for bringing to responsibility, the question of the need to toughen the responsibility of certain categories of the population is increasingly being raised. So, in the conditions of a large-scale spread of crime among minors, doubts arise about the effectiveness of the existing criminal law norms. Given the fact that minors are the most important link in Russian society and the stability of the state directly depends on them in the future, the spread of unlawful behavior among them is categorically unacceptable. The purpose of this research paper is to analyze the prosecution of minors and identify the features of this process, taking into account their age characteristics in modern realities. The author comes to the conclusion that, despite the significant importance of the age of the offender, at present, the illegal behavior of minors is becoming widespread, who not only clearly understand their own actions, but also take into account the features of their prosecution enshrined in Russian legislation. The orientation of Russian practice towards the upbringing of juvenile offenders and the mitigation of their responsibility leads to the commission of more atrocious crimes and a serious increase in the scale of their activities. Attention is focused on the high degree of preparedness of juvenile criminals due to the availability of materials on illegal activities on the Internet.

criminal responsibility, minors, juvenile delinquency, Russian criminal legislation