The social significance of the regulation of non-cri- minal acts in the criminal law

Abstract

Introduction. In science, it is already proved that the effectiveness of criminal legislation in relation to crime prevention is very limited. The criminal law is objectively unable to eliminate the causes of crime due to their social nature. Nevertheless, the regulation of non-criminal acts is a socially significant area of criminal law policy that helps to resolve or reduce the painful difficulties that arise in the process of law-making and law enforcement activities in relation to the criminal law. Theoretical Basis. Methods. The theoretical basis of the research is based on Russian doctrinal sources devoted to modern concepts of criminal policy, forms and means of its implementation, and the social consequences of mitigating or toughening criminal repression. Results. The social importance of the regulation of non-criminal legal acts is determined by the ability to resolve three central problems. Firstly law-making activities when determining the boundaries of criminalisation. Secondly, maintaining human resources to implement repressive penal policy. Thirdly conservation of the economic resource, as the impact of penal policy and define ensuring the principle of inevitability of criminal responsibility and alternative ways to resolve a criminal law conflict. This includes the possibility of self-defense of individual rights by means of criminal law. Discussion and Conclusion. Regulation of non-criminal acts is a kind of “safety mechanism” of criminal law policy. It is a means of protection against excessive criminalisation, a means of ensuring compliance of legislative formulas with the realities of life, and a means of ensuring a balance between lawmaking and law enforcement.