ABOUT ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL AND LEGAL COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST ACTIVITY AIMED TO ENCOURAGE DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
The author of this article analyzes amendments made to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation by Federal Law No. 120-FZ of June 7, 2017 and No. 248-FZ of July 29 2017, concerning the establishment of additional criminal and legal countermeasures against actions aimed to encourage deviant behavior. The author pays attention on the advantages of legislative rules establishing responsibility for bringing to suicide or performing other actions which could lead to suicide or other actions threatening the life of the victim. The article also states the provisions that need to be seriously revised at both the legislative and law enforcement levels (the age limits of the victim in the analyzed rules, the rules providing for the release of the responsibility of the subjects of the crime provided for in Article 110. 2 of the Criminal Code; the age of the subject of the crime provided for Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code, etc.).