Annotation

One of the serious shortcomings of the criminal law doctrine and the criminal law is the prevailing view of crime as the only result of the criminalization procedure. This position is presented in scientific publications. It is also clearly expressed in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. However, this approach seems to be controversial. It does not take into account the specifics of the formation of prerequisites, the basis and conditions for the implementation of the criminalization procedure, or the variety of violations of the criminal prohibition. It does not distinguish between "crimes" and "other violations of the criminal prohibition." It also does not pay attention to assessing the key differences in the state's response to violations of the criminal prohibition. Based on the above, the author proposes new approaches and solutions to properly understand the essence and features of the criminalization procedure, and to define the concept of "criminal prohibition" as its main legal product.