Delimitation of hooliganism from vandalism and mass riots on certain signs of criminal composition
https://doi.org/10.37493/2409-1030.2022.2.15
Abstract
The distinction between related offenses of Chapter 24 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation often causes difficulties. This is due to the fact that these socially dangerous acts are united by the presence of common features. Thus, the specific object of these crimes is public security, the direct object is public order. There are frequent cases of errors in law enforcement activities associated with incorrect qualifications. The problem of competition of the listed compositions does not lose its relevance. The elimination of these complexities is facilitated by a comparative analysis of competing legal norms. In particular, those that provide for bringing to criminal responsibility for committing hooliganism, vandalism, participation in mass riots. The listed socially dangerous acts have distinctive features that allow the right holder to carry out the correct qualification. In the presented work, a comparative legal analysis of the signs of the offenses provided for by Articles 212, 213, 214 of the Criminal Code is carried out. Despite the fact that these acts have the same specific object (public safety), there are differences between them on the basis of the direct object and subject. In addition, the considered socially dangerous acts differ in the way they were committed (the presence or absence of a sign of demonstrativeness), the characteristics of the subject, motives and other elements of the crime. Distinguishing hooliganism from vandalism and riots should be carried out on the basis of a comparison of all signs and elements in the complex.
In our opinion, the inclusion in the first part of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of paragraph «b» led to difficulties in law enforcement. Hooligan and extremist motives are mutually exclusive. Hooliganism is committed without any significant reason and should not be associated with a personal hostile attitude. Extremist motives cannot be equated with an insignificant cause. One should agree with the authors who propose to exclude paragraph “b” of Part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation from the criminal law.
About the Author
T. G. LepinaRussian Federation
Lepina Tatyana G. – PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Chair of Legal and Humanitarian Disciplines
35, st. Radishcheva, 305000, Kursk
References
1. Agadzhanyan M. A. Ugolovno-pravovy`e, kriminologicheskie mery` protivodejstviya prestupleniyam, sovershaemy`m iz xuliganskix pobuzhdenij (Criminal law, criminological measures to counteract crimes committed out of hooligan motives): thesis. Moscow, 2017. 227 p. (In Russian).
2. Baranchikova M. V. Ugolovnaya otvetstvennost` za xuliganstvo na transporte i ego otgranichenie ot smezhny`x sostavov prestupleniya (Criminal liability for hooliganism in transport and its delimitation from related offenses) // Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik. 2019. No. 2 (85). P. 71–76. (In Russian).
3. By`kova K. A. Aktual`ny`e problemy` zakonodatel`noj reglamentacii xuliganstva (Actual problems of legislative regulation of hooliganism) // Ustojchivoe razvitie nauki i obrazovaniya. 2019. No. 4. P. 257–259. (In Russian).
4. Gribkov A.V. Pochemu ne rabotaet st. 213 UK RF? (Why doesn’t Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation?) // Sovremenny`e problemy` prava i upravleniya: sbornik dokladov 6-j mezhdunarodnoj nauchnoj konferencii. ANO VPO Institut zakonovedeniya i upravleniya VPA. Tula: Papirus, 2016. P. 72–84. (In Russian).
5. Katunkin A. S., Shevczov N. A. Ugolovno-pravovaya xarakteristika xuliganstva (Criminal legal characteristics of hooliganism) // Evrazijskoe nauchnoe ob``edinenie. 2021. No. 7-2 (77). P. 131–133. (In Russian).
6. Kemova N. N. Razgranichenie ugolovno nakazuemogo xuliganstva (Delimitation of criminal hooliganism) // Prikladnaya yuridicheskaya psixologiya. 2014. No. 1. P. 145–149. (In Russian).
7. Majkopskij rajonny`j sud Respubliki Ady`geya (Maikop district court of Republic Adyogea) URL: http://maikopsky.adg.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=press_dep&op=4&did=41 (Accessed: 12.01.20). (In Russian).
8. Nigmat`yanov I.G., Dondokov Cz.S., Chetvergov A.V. Soderzhanie oxrany` obshhestvennogo poryadka i obshhestvennoj bezopasnosti v sovremennom rossijskom prave (The content of the protection of public order and public safety in modern Russian law) // Parlamentarizm i razvitie grazhdanskogo obshhestva: regional`ny`e aspekty`: materialy` Vserossijskoj nauchno-prakticheskoj konferencii / ed by I.Yu. Lupenko. Chita: Transbaikal State University publ., 2018. P. 113-121. (In Russian).
9. Oficial`ny`j sajt Moskovskoj mezhregional`noj transportnoj prokuratury` (Official website of the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor’s Office) URL: http://www.mmtproc.ru/news/1/10986/ (Accessed: 12.01.2020). (In Russian).
10. Pavlov V.G. Ponyatie i znachenie ob``ekta xuliganstva (The concept and meaning of the object of hooliganism) // Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskoj yuridicheskoj akademii. 2011. Vol. 11. No. 2. P. 83–88. (In Russian).
11. Prigovor suda po ch. 1 st. 213 UK RF № 1-11/2017 (Court verdict under Part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation No. 1-11/2017) URL: http://www.sud-praktika.ru/precedent/372312.html (Accessed: 30.01.20). (In Russian).
12. Prigovor suda po ch. 1 st. 213 UK RF (Court verdict under Part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) URL: http://www.sud-praktika.ru/precedent/548060.html (Accessed: 15.01.20). (In Russian).
13. Prigovor suda po ch. 1 st. 213 UK RF (Court verdict under Part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) URL: http://www.sud-praktika.ru/precedent/544280.html (Accessed: 15.01.20). (In Russian).
14. Prigovor suda po ch. 1 st. 213 UK RF (Court verdict under Part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) URL: http://www.sud-praktika.ru/precedent/544046.html (Accessed: 15.01.20). (In Russian).
15. Prigovor № 1-145/2018 ot 3 sentyabrya 2018 g. po delu № 1-145/2018 (Judgment No. 1-145/2018 dated September 3, 2018 in case No. 1-145/2018) URL: https://sudact.ru/regular/doc/bP1Qa1HT6KJ/ (Accessed: 12.01.20). (In Russian).
16. Prigovor suda po stat`yam 213, 214 UK RF (Court verdict under Articles 213, 214 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) URL: http://www.sud-praktika.ru/precedent/252965.html (Accessed: 12.01.20). (In Russian).
17. Rarog A.I. Postatejny`j kommentarij k Ugolovnomu kodeksu RF (Article-by-article commentary to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Moscow: E`ksmo, 2018. 704 p. (In Russian).
18. Romanova A.S. Ponyatie «gruboe narushenie obshhestvennogo poryadka» i «yavnoe neuvazhenie k obshhestvu» kak obyazatel`ny`e priznaki xuliganstva: sootnoshenie i xarakteristika (The concept of «gross violation of public order» and «clear disrespect for society» as mandatory signs of hooliganism: correlation and characteristics) // Vestnik Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo oblastnogo universiteta. Seriya: Yurisprudenciya. 2019. No. 2. P. 115-122. (In Russian).
19. Stepanovskaya A.G. Xuliganstvo, kak forma protivopravnogo povedeniya (Hooliganism as a form of illegal behavior) // Sovremennaya yurisprudenciya: Sovremennaya yurisprudenciya: aktual`ny`e voprosy`, dostizheniya i innovacii: sbornik statej XXIV Mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj konferencii. Penza: «Nauka i Prosveshhenie» (IP Gulyaev G.Yu.), 2019. P. 123-126. (In Russian).
20. Tarakanov I.A., Pichugin S.A. Xuliganskie pobuzhdeniya kak priznak sub``ektivnoj storony` sostava prestupleniya (Hooligan motives as a sign of the subjective side of the crime) // Penitenciarnoe pravo: yuridicheskaya teoriya i pravoprimenitel`naya praktika. 2018. No. 1 (15). P. 103-107. (In Russian).
21. Ugolovnaya otvetstvennost` za prestupleniya v sfere organizacii i provedeniya publichny`x massovy`x meropriyatij: monografiya (Criminal liability for crimes in the field of organizing and holding public mass events). Krasnodar: KRU MVD Rossii, 2016. 166 p. (In Russian).
22. Chudnova A. D. Gruboe narushenie obshhestvennogo poryadka v sostave ugolovno nakazuemogo xuliganstva (Gross violation of public order as part of criminal hooliganism) // Sovremennaya yurisprudenciya: aktual`ny`e voprosy`, dostizheniya i innovacii: sbornik statej XXIV Mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj konferencii. Penza: «Nauka i Prosveshhenie» (IP Gulyaev G.Yu.), 2019. P. 151–153. (In Russian).
23. Shadrina L.V. Obshhestvenny`j poryadok kak ob``ekt pravonarusheniya (Public order as an object of offense) // Pravoporyadok: istoriya, teoriya i praktika. 2019. No. 2(21). P. 6–11. (In Russian).
24. Shebanov D.V., Dolgix I.P., Tereshhenko L.S. Xuliganstvo: pravovy`e normy` i real`naya dejstvitel`nost`(Hooliganism: legal norms and reality) // Gumanitarny`e, social`no-e`konomicheskie i obshhestvenny`e nauki. 2014. No. 4. P. 262–268. (In Russian).
Review
For citations:
Lepina T.G. Delimitation of hooliganism from vandalism and mass riots on certain signs of criminal composition. Humanities and law research. 2022;9(2):279-287. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.37493/2409-1030.2022.2.15