The concept of the category of “responsibility” in criminal and penal law

Aleksey Kuznetsov

doi:10.35750/2071-8284-2025-2-179-186

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THE CONCEPT OF THE CATEGORY OF “RESPONSIBILITY” IN CRIMINAL AND PENAL LAW The concept of the category of “responsibility” in criminal and penal law

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Published in Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia · Pages 179–186 · Rubric: CRIMINAL LAW SCIENCES

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2025-2-179-186

Received: 08.04.2025 Accepted: 20.06.2025 Published: 26.06.2025 Language of publication: RUS

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Aleksey Kuznetsov

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Aleksey Kuznetsov

Academic degree: candidate of jurisprudence sciences

Science rang: docent

Sochi Branch of the All-Russian State University of Justice Russian Federation

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ABSTRACT

Introduction. Modern criminal law doctrine is a rather isolated system of knowledge regarding a clearly defined block of problems that are either strictly within the scope of criminal law or at the interface with other branches of law, in particular, criminal procedure and penal enforcement. Despite more than a thousand years of its development, many categories of criminal law do not go beyond its content, although they initially contain serious inter-branch potential. Responsibility is one of such categories, the ability of which to permeate several spheres of legal regulation is beyond any doubt. Methods. To achieve the objectives of the study, various scientific methods were used: materialist dialectics as a universal method of cognition, general scientific methods of cognition (system-structural, analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction), historical method in combination with hermeneutic, as well as private scientific methods, such as comparative-legal, method of legal modelling and extrapolation, surveys and questionnaires as a kind of sociological method. Results. The development of a unified mechanism of state coercion without its artificial division is possible precisely due to the possibilities inherent in the very idea of state violence against those who allow the possibility of socially dangerous behaviour. In contrast to the united West and the concept that was laid down in it quite a long time ago, and now it is implemented only at a new level, in the Russian doctrine, legislation and, accordingly, in the public consciousness dominate slightly different ideas to the stated problem. In many aspects, including historically, it is manifested through the attitude of society to responsibility, punishment, repression, retribution, and especially the death penalty, violence in general and the will of the authorities in relation to the one who committed the offence. As a result, the system of coercion is still not aligned, and its differentiation is excessively detailed, being divided into several sectoral areas, each of which is often practically isolated from each other. Responsibility is the category that can unite them, making it possible to talk about criminal-legal coercion as a whole.

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responsibility, criminal law, penal law, criminal-executive law, state coercion, criminal-legal impact

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Kuznetsov A. A. The concept of the category of “responsibility” in criminal and penal law // Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. 2025. no. 2. pp. 179-186. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2025-2-179-186. (Date of access 07.09.2026).

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Aleksey Kuznetsov. "The concept of the category of “responsibility” in criminal and penal law." Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia 2025.2 (2025): 179-186. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2025-2-179-186.

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Kuznetsov A. A. (2025). The concept of the category of “responsibility” in criminal and penal law. Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 2025(2), 179-186. https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2025-2-179-186

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Aleksey Kuznetsov. "The concept of the category of “responsibility” in criminal and penal law." Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia 2025, no. 2 (2025): 179-186. https://doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2025-2-179-186.

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