Theoretical and Legal Understanding of the Impact in the Criminal Law Sphere

In the legal literature, the problems of theoretical and legal understanding of the impact in the criminal legal sphere are becoming increasingly relevant, since the lack of a legal interpretation of "criminal legal impact" causes a lot of discussion in the scientific community about its place and role in the system of combating crime and preventing offenses. The criminal legal impact is the reaction of the state to the act of committing a crime and to crime in general, but the impact can also be on law-abiding citizens. In this regard, it can be said that the criminal legal impact has both a negative and a positive impact on the individual. A mandatory component of the criminal legal impact is preventive and preventive activities, which are aimed at reducing the negative impact of factors contributing to the development of crime in the Russian Federation.

This article analyzes the essence and content of the criminal legal impact, its goals and objectives, as a result of which the author formulates the essential characteristics of the legal category under study. The subject composition of the impact in the criminal law sphere, as well as the object of such impact, is also considered.

Analyzing the points of view presented in the scientific literature on the issues under consideration, the author does not refute them, but at the same time provides objective arguments to substantiate his own position regarding the theoretical and legal justification of the impact in the criminal legal sphere.