Issues of Determining the Systematicity in the Qualification of Crimes

Abstract

The article analyzes the issues of determining the systematicity in the qualification of criminal offenses. Based on the conducted research, the author concludes that there are no uniform criteria for determining the evaluation feature — systematicity, quantitative and temporal characteristics. The author shows that the systematicity is determined differently in different types of crimes, in particular in the article, in the note to the article or in the explanations of the Resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The examples given in the paper show striking differences in criteria. So, systematic can be suitable: at least once, more than twice, or three or more times. By time, this may be at least once a quarter, during the year, during the period of the prescribed measures, or there are no specific time limits. The use of analogy according to the norms of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is prohibited, and there are not always norms defining the criteria for the qualification of evaluative concepts. The conducted research allows us to conclude that it is necessary to develop unified approaches to the interpretation of the norms of legislation on systematization and their consolidation in criminal legislation.