Izyumova, E.S. Administrative prejudicing of criminal responsibility for the unlawful organization of gambling activities.

Abstract: The article is devoted to introduction of the administrative prejudicing in the criminal legislation of Russia. The author provides a constructive analysis of various viewpoints regarding the possibility for the application of administrative prejudicing in the criminal law of Russia. The author also evaluates the problems of applying criminal and administrative responsibility for the unlawful organization of gambling regarding the issue of responsibility of a person, who organizes unlawful gambling, does not receive the profits from it. Within the framework of the study the author turns to the history of the formation of the administrative prejudicing construction in the Russian legislation. Administrative prejudicing is making a person responsible for a crime due to him previously committing an analogous administrative offence. Administrative prejudicing may be applied in two forms. The first form provides that a person, who was previously found guilty for the administrative offence is brought to criminal responsibility for committing the same offence for the second time. The second construction provides for the period of committing repeated offences as a qualifying element. The article contains a proposal for introduction of the administrative prejudicing of criminal responsibility for unlawful organization of gambling activities and introduction of the relevant amendments into the Administrative Offences Code of the Russian Federation and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, substantiating the need for the said changes. The author also offers to resolve the conflict of laws of criminal and administrative legislation regarding the period for bringing a person to criminal responsibility with due regard for the introduction of the administrative prejudicing construction.

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