Soktoev, Z.B. Crimes against a person in criminal law of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine/ P.A. Andrushko, A.A., Aryamov, N.A. Babiy (and others); Executive editor A.I. Chuchaev. – Moscow, PROSPEKT, 2014. – 680 p. — ISBN 978-5-392-13525-7

Abstract: The review is devoted to the first post-Soviet joint project of legal scholars of the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, which is devoted to the eternal problems of fighting crimes against a person, which, as the authors of the monograph point out, justify the very presence of criminal law. The monograph discusses the problems of social prerequisites of criminalization, penalization and qualification of the assaults, the public danger of which was with some minor exceptions always recognized by legislator. The authors provide criminological characteristics of crime in the relevant sphere. The monograph includes analysis of the situation in the field of scientific studies of criminal responsibility issues within this type of crime in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine The monograph includes three parts, each of which is devoted to the specific states. Part 1 is “Crimes against a person in the criminal law of the Republic of Belarus”. Part 2 is “Crimes against a person in the criminal law of the Russian Federation”. Part 3 is “Crimes against a person in the criminal law of Ukraine”. The study is performed with high scientific and theoretical standards, and it should, as the authors expected it to, facilitate integration of scientists at the post-soviet territory, exchange of their experience in fighting crime against a person with means of criminal law. That is why the monograph may be recommended to all those professionally working with criminal law, or gaining professional knowledge and skills in this sphere.

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