Social Conditionality of Criminal Offences in Modern Criminal Law
The article substantiates the need for legislative consolidation of the criminal offense in the penal legislation of the Russian Federation on the basis of the analysis of the social aspects of such a decision. Among the factors contributing to the socio need for legislative consolidation of the category of criminal offences, it should be noted that, firstly, it will allow the reporting of crime, as reflected in the statistical information into two main groups - criminal offenses and other crimes (medium-gravity, grave and especially grave crimes). Secondly, the introduction of the category of criminal offense will entail changes and criminal procedure legislation in the area of differentiation of criminal proceedings, depending on the category of the offense. Third, the consolidation of the criminal offence will reduce the number of persons condemned to punishment in the form of deprivation of liberty, on average 10-13 %.