ON THE NEED TO TIGHTEN THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROSTITUTION

Abstract

This article discusses the issues of legal struggle against prostitution as an antisocial phenomenon, in particular, the features and dimensions of administrative punishment for prostitution. Statistical data on the revealed facts of prostitution in Russia are analyzed with a comparison of these data with other illegal acts related to prostitution (both administrative offenses and crimes). The conclusion is made about the excessive leniency of administrative punishment for prostitution, the tightening of administrative punishment is proposed, as well as the establishment of criminal liability for prostitution by a person who continues to engage in prostitution during the period during which he is considered to be subjected to administrative punishment for a similar act, that is, the author proposes to introduce into the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation such a corpus delicti with the presence of there are administrative prejudices in it.