Criminal misdemeanor as a manifestation of humanization of Russia's criminal policy
In the article attention is drawn to the fact that there is a situation in russian criminal policy, where there is an excessive repressiveness of the criminal law on the one hand, and excessive liberalization of criminal responsibility on the other. The article deals with the implementation of the idea of legislative consolidation of the category of criminal offenses, analyzes the views of scientists on this idea. It is shown that the introduction of the category of criminal offenses reflects the course taken by the legislator to humanize the criminal policy of Russia.