Criminal Liability for Petty Theft: Declared Purposes and Actual Meanings

Abstract

The article considers provisions of the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation on responsibility for petty theft (Criminal Code, art. 158.1). The article examines the issue of the stated goals, the actual results of the normative implementation of this initiative. The article clearly demonstrates the trends of law enforcement practice, the state of convictions of the perpetrators of these crimes. The article draws a conclusion on the assessment of the preventive impact of the criminal law rule on petty theft.