RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIMES CONCERNING THE FORCE FOR SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR ON THE EXAMPLE OF A NUMBER OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES OF THE ANGLO-SAXON LEGAL SYSTEM (UK, NEW ZEALAND, INDIA)

The article provides an overview of the criminal law of some foreign countries of the Anglo-Saxon legal system in the field of combating crimes related to suicide, incitement and assisting in suicide. In particular, the criminal law of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and India are analyzed. The methodological basis of the study is formed by dialectical, systemic, comparative legal, historical and other scientific methods. The main results of the study. The prevention of crimes involving compulsion to commit suicidal behavior under the laws of a number of foreign countries of the Anglo-Saxon legal system is associated with a set of preventive measures of a socio-organizational and criminal legal nature in the field of preventing domestic (family) violence; countering the unlawful prosecution, intimidation and bullying of a victim, including through Internet resources, etc. The scientific and practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of applying the relevant conclusions and recommendations in the legislative initiative to combat crimes related to compulsion to commit suicide. The article is intended for students, graduate students, associate professors, university professors of legal profile, law enforcement officers, as well as for a wide range of people interested in the problems of jurisprudence and suicidology. Social consequences: increasing the effectiveness of criminal legal protection of a person from criminal attacks.

suicide, suicide, crime, criminal liability, incitement, assistance, history of criminal law