The Status and Prospects of Development of the Institute of Criminal Liability for Involving Minors in Committing Crimes

Criminal behavior of minors poses a significant threat to the stable development of the Russian state. However, children and adolescents do not always independently form illegal ideas and views. In practice, situations are quite common when adults exert influence in order to encourage a child to commit a specific crime.

In this context, the problems of combating the involvement of children and adolescents in criminal activity are significantly updated. Among the mechanisms for counteracting this criminal activity, the effectiveness of criminal liability is of particular importance. The purpose of the presented study is to analyze the current state and prospects for the development of the institution of criminal liability for the involvement of minors in committing crimes. The author comes to the conclusion that despite the long-term existence of a separate criminal law norm, the effectiveness of its application has caused much discussion. Attention is focused on the improvement of Art. 150 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which has occurred in recent years. It is noted that the addition of a number of qualifying and especially qualifying features to the above-mentioned norm, as well as the tightening of liability for involving minors in committing crimes, is timely and justified, since it is objectively related to the transformation of juvenile and adolescent crime in Russia in recent years, as well as the organized nature of activities aimed at involving these persons in criminal activity, in modern realities.