Problems of application of legislation on criminal liability for theft and petty theft
The article discusses the problems of differentiating between criminally punishable theft and petty theft, as well as the criteria for determining significant damage in relation to theft. The author notes that the identified problems cause the heterogeneity of the application of the norms on criminal responsibility for these acts, impede the correct qualification and give rise to the disunity of the norms of administrative legislation on offenses and criminal legislation. The ways of solving the problems proposed in the article can contribute to the streamlining of law enforcement in terms of these articles of criminal and administrative legislation, clarify the provisions of the norms of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and also to a greater extent take into account the current economic processes and the property status of all segments of the population.