CRIMINAL-LAW PROBLEMS OF THE AGE AS THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF MINORS, SPEAKERS CHARGED WITH A CRIME
In the legal literature criminal liability of minors is traditionally seen through the prism of a certain age, acting as a legal fact causing the attraction of the subject of the offence to legal liability. Proposes and justifies different points of view in relation to establishing the age and socio-psychological circumstances, the individual causing the action (inaction) of minors who commit crimes. The problematic issue of age of criminal responsibility is a trend of differentiation of crimes committed by minors within the framework of the scientific concept of juvenile justice and contradictions in the practice of the courts of General jurisdiction. Collezionisti practice is not limited to the correctness of establishing the age of juvenile court or the validity of his decline. There are discrepancies of the actual and physical age of the perpetrator, the degree of public danger of the crime, his skills, performing individually and in a group of persons, etc. The resolution of these problems becomes possible without lowering the age of criminal liability through changes in criminal law and practice of courts of General jurisdiction. In this article attempts to identify, assess and propose ways to resolve the issues of age as a differentiating characteristic minor of crimes.