Plurality of persons in crime as a new institution of criminal law of Russia

Abstract

The plurality of persons in a crime is not considered in the Russian science of criminal law as an independent criminal law institution. The need to consider the multiplicity of persons in a crime in this capacity is due to the close relationship between the various types of multiplicity, as a result of which their comprehensive study is required to identify the essential content of each type, determine the criteria for their distinction and improve the mechanism for the criminal legal assessment of joint criminal activity. The present study does not imply a detailed study of each of the types of plurality of persons in the crime and can be considered as a theoretical formulation of the problem for its further study. A one-level system for classifying the multiplicity of persons in a crime is proposed: complicity in a crime, participation in a criminal association, special role-playing complicity, bilateral crimes, careless co-initiation, attachment to a crime. The main criteria for differentiating various types of plurality of persons in a crime have been determined.