Abetment of Suicide of a Minor in the Criminal Legislation of the Russian Federation
In the article on the basis of the analysis of legal literature and the legislation of the Russian Federation on suicide and one of its varieties -the inclination to commit suicide of minors - several judgments are substantiated: the criminal legislation (first of all, the criminal code of the Russian Federation) regarding regulation of suicides is imperfect; criminalization of separate types of suicide, by means of inclusion in Chapter 16 of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation of two articles (1101 and 1102) is unreasonable; in the Criminal code of the Russian Federation, in its General part it is necessary to provide article in which to give explanations of the used terms (in particular, «minor», «suicide», etc.); in articles of Special part of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation, including in article 1102, delete the structural element «note» («notes»).