Some theoretical aspects of the criminalization of preparatory actions
The article deals with the actual problems of the criminalization of preparatory actions. According to the authors opinion in Russia there are three forms of state response to preparations for committing a crime: failure to bring a person to justice due to the absence or insignificance of public danger; bringing to responsibility for preparation as the initial stage of a completed crime for grave and especially grave crimes; bringing a person to responsibility for preparatory actions that form an independent completed crime. It is concluded that based on the positive foreign experience it is necessary to make changes to the domestic criminal legislation, in particular to criminalize crimes of average gravity.