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On the issue of the activities of the district police commissioner for the prevention of offenses in the field of family and household relations

Shumskii Viktor Vasilyevich

Senior lecturer of the Management and Administrative Activities Department of Putilin Belgorod Law Institute of the Ministry of Interior of Russia

308024, Russia, Belgorod region, Belgorod, Gorky str., 71

Shumskvic121968@yandex.ru
Tkachenko Vladimir Vasilyevich

PhD in Economics

Associate professor of the Management and Administrative Activities Department, Putilin Belgorod Law Institute of Ministry of the Interior of Russia

308024, Russia, Belgorod region, Belgorod, Gorky str., 71

tkachenkovlad@yandex.ru
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Kolenichenko Vasilii Vasilyevich

Kolenichenko Vasily Vasilyevich, senior lecture of the management and administrative activities department of Putilin Belgorod Law Institute of the Ministry of Interior of Russia.

308024, Russia, Belgorod region, Belgorod, Gorky str., 71

koleni4enko77@mail.ru

DOI:

10.7256/2454-0692.2023.6.68893

EDN:

PSCGPO

Received:

06-11-2023


Published:

18-01-2024


Abstract: The article analyzes the current legislation in the field of prevention of domestic offenses, discusses the tasks of the district police commissioners and the police in general for the prevention of household offenses. The analysis of legislative acts related to the suppression of offenses in the family and household sphere was carried out, statistical data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for 2022 were analyzed. The service of district police commissioners has a leading role in the prevention and suppression of offenses in the sphere of intra-family life. The positive and negative aspects of the activities of the precinct police commissioners were identified, the problems of the implementation of the current legislation by the units of the precinct police commissioners were identified, which should include the workload of the units of the precinct police commissioners of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia; related to the fact that on average there are about 400 appeals per precinct officer, or about two during the working day.


Keywords:

prevention of offenses, family and household relations, prevention system, police, district commissioner of the police, administrative offense, prevention of violence, family, administrative activities of the police, domestic violence

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The place and role of the internal affairs bodies in the prevention of offenses in the family and household sphere are predetermined by the specifics of their administrative and legal activities. It is the employees of the internal affairs bodies who are the first to go to the place of committing domestic administrative offenses, stop illegal acts, deliver, detain offenders, carry out proceedings on administrative offenses and criminal prosecution.

A district police commissioner is an official of the police of the Russian Federation who carries out professional law enforcement activities aimed at protecting the rights and legitimate interests of persons living in a particular administrative area, as well as persons affected by illegal encroachments on the territory served.

The most important meaning is the administrative activity of district police commissioners to correct and direct to the path of law-abiding behavior of persons who systematically commit domestic administrative offenses that infringe on the rights of citizens, on health, sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population and public morality, against the order of management, encroaching on public order and public safety; those who have served a criminal sentence, conditionally convicted, minors who are registered with the juvenile affairs police units.

Thus, the service of district police commissioners has a leading role in the prevention and suppression of offenses in the sphere of domestic life.

The problems of crime prevention in the field of family and household relations in certain aspects were studied by representatives of the science of administrative law when studying the elements of the organization of the activities of the service of district police commissioners: A.L. Pushkarev, G.A. Aubakirova, S.I. Dolgova, S.G. Kostin [1, 2].

However, they do not study in detail the positive experience of preventing this antisocial phenomenon, and the emphasis is mainly on the activities of the police as a whole, and not directly on the administrative activities of the district police commissioners, a service that mainly solves the tasks of preventing offenses in the field of family and household relations.

Among the works of recent years, where administrative and legal regulation is studied and elements of improving administrative and legal means of preventing and suppressing offenses in the field of family and household relations by district police commissioners are proposed, studies by A.A. Gaidukov, A.V. Ravnyushkin can be called. At the same time, the experience of individual regions in reducing possible evasion of responsibility for the committed act is not fully considered [3].

The legal regulation of the organization of the work of the district police commissioner provides for the specified characteristic features of his activity. In addition, normative legal acts should define the main measures for the prevention of violence in the sphere of family and household relations, the forms and methods of its implementation, the goals, objectives and functions of various subjects of prevention, their rights and obligations, regulate the organization and procedure for the application of certain measures of influence, as well as provide for the responsibility of officials for non-compliance with the requirements of normative legal acts. acts in this area.

In practical administrative activities for the prevention of domestic violence, the district police commissioner is guided by the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation.

In the legal regulation of the prevention of domestic violence, one of the central places is occupied by the "Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses", a significant amount of administrative offenses are norms that establish the composition of offenses and measures of administrative responsibility for their commission.

Statements and reports on the commission of illegal actions in the family or a real threat of its commission may be accepted by the service of district police commissioners, including during a personal reception of citizens, police inspectors for minors, employees of duty units of territorial internal affairs bodies, who, within their powers, take measures provided for by law to prevent domestic violence.

When carrying out preventive activities, the administrative activities of the district police commissioner come to the fore. This thesis is justified by the close connection of the district police commissioner with the population living in the administrative area he serves.

F.E. Kolontaevsky revealed the concept of administrative activity of internal affairs bodies by listing the key areas of their activities, emphasizing the executive and administrative nature of such activities, listed its directions with reference to a specific historical epoch (the early 70s of the twentieth century) - "the implementation of outdoor service, passport and licensing system, administrative supervision" [4].

According to R.N. Kuchmezov, the effectiveness of the administrative activities of the district police commissioner largely depends on the critical rethinking of many stereotypes well-established in legal science and law enforcement practice [5].

The district commissioner of the police carries out a whole range of preventive measures, including within the framework of preventing offenses in the family and household sphere, but not always the available legal tools are sufficient to effectively implement this activity.

The Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated 03/29/2019 No. 205 "On the service of a district police commissioner in a serviced administrative area and the organization of this activity" defines the set of powers of a district police commissioner, specifies his administrative and legal status.

The prevention of district police officers is the main way to prevent violence in the sphere of domestic life. The main task of district police officers today is not to overcome the consequences of violence, but to prevent, prevent domestic and family violence. It should be noted that the district commissioner of the police, to date, does not have a sufficient number of effective measures to prevent domestic violence.

The outcome of the consideration of a report on a violent offense depends on the tactics of the behavior of the district police commissioner in such situations, in conditions of a lack of legal tools for the prevention of domestic violence.

According to A.I. Alekseev's classification, three types of conversations are used in personal prevention of illegal behavior: introductory, preventive and educational [6]. First of all, the district police commissioner is obliged to listen to all the circumstances of the incident, which are stated by the applicant, through clarifying questions it is necessary to obtain information of interest for the qualification of an illegal act.

We agree with the statement of A.V. Cherepanov that "special prevention does not allow the use of provocative techniques and methods of influencing the base motives of the person being prevented, such as jealousy, greed, and others" [7].

Statements about the commission of violent assaults in family and household relations are subject to mandatory documentation and registration in the Register of Statements and reports on Crimes, administrative Offenses, and incidents (CUSP).

In general, we fully support the opinion of Yu.N. Starilov that such axiomatic methods of domineering (controlling) influence on public relations as persuasion and coercion are traditionally distinguished in the administrative and legal literature [8].

According to A.V. Ravnyushkin and A.A. Gaidukov, preventive accounting refers to the individual preventive activities of the police and also combines administrative measures of persuasion and coercion, the purpose of which is to prevent the commission (possible commission) of offenses.

"Being an integral element of individual preventive work, preventive accounting involves the maintenance of official documentation, which reflects: 1) personal data of citizens; 2) information about the date of registration and the period of stay of a citizen on the register; 3) information about the event of a committed crime or administrative offense; 4) the number of police response measures to reports of incidents in the field of family and household relations; 5) the results of individual preventive work" [3].

In turn, we focus on the fact that, nevertheless, persuasion is the priority method of personal prevention of administrative activities for the prevention of offenses in the field of family and household relations by the district police commissioner.

The purpose of the preventive conversation is to identify and consolidate the positive features of such subjects and their "persuasion to take the "right" path, while it is necessary to abandon the impact on the base motives of the person and other mental pressure" [9].

A preventive conversation is conducted either in the presence of facts of antisocial behavior of a person taken on preventive registration, or without any external reasons, in the order of professional official administrative activity of the district police commissioner. Preventive conversation, along with its main purpose – to provide direct educational influence, pursues the task of controlling the behavior of the registered subject, and is also used to provide information for personal prevention of illegal behavior.

V.M. Orzhekhovskaya, although she considers the concept of "prevention" and "prevention" synonymous, notes that prevention is not only part of preventive work aimed at identifying and eliminating the causes and conditions of offenses, but also a system of measures for re–education and personality formation [10].

The difference between prevention and other related concepts is that the preventive effect is not only on established and potential offenders, but also on persons who lead an antisocial lifestyle or violate generally accepted norms of morality and ethics [11].

When conducting a conversation, it should be borne in mind that "younger offenders are characterized by spontaneity of feelings, they lack well-established firm views on certain aspects of life. They are more easily influenced both by people with an antisocial orientation and by people who are able to have a positive impact" [12].

The laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation on the prevention of offenses contain special norms that not only define the competence of subjects of crime prevention, but also prohibit certain manifestations of violence in the family and household sphere, for example, "domestic brawl".

It should be noted that domestic rowdiness is understood differently in the laws of various subjects of the Russian Federation. Thus, in the laws of the republics of Altai, Buryatia, and the Magadan region, they relate to offenses that infringe on public order and public safety.

The Law of the Republic of Altai dated 06/24/2003 No. 12-8 "On administrative offenses" family and household rowdiness in the place of residence (stay) of a family means a scandal, making a mess, which are accompanied by noise and disturb the peace of the family. A similar interpretation of domestic violence is presented in Article 8 of the Law of the Republic of Buryatia dated 05.05.2011 No. 2003-IV "On administrative offenses", in addition, the above actions are accompanied by violence.

The Law of the Magadan Region dated 03/15/2005 No. 583-OZ "On administrative offenses in the Magadan region" in Article 3.19 indicates that domestic violence is committed in a residential area by a person who violates the peace of his family members and other persons living with him in this room, expressing obvious disrespect for them, accompanied by abusive treatment, obscene language, noise, if these actions do not entail liability provided for by the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.

According to the consolidated statistical data on the activities of federal courts of general jurisdiction and magistrates for 2022, the courts from the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia received a total of cases of administrative offenses under Article 5.61 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (Insult) – 14170, Article 5.62 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (Discrimination) – 15, Article 6.1.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (Beatings) – 108420, Article 7.17 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (Destruction or damage to other people's property) – 17395, Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (Petty hooliganism) – 162072.

Statistics on the detection of offenses under Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation may not be entirely correct, since it can also be considered not only by the court, but also by the leadership of the internal affairs bodies and, according to current legislation, even by district police officers. It is important to pay attention to the results of the consideration of administrative cases in this category by the courts. Again, we return to the statistics.

And so according to the above figures, the result according to Article 5.61 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation: a warning (written) was imposed - 39, an administrative fine – 14131, according to Article 5.62 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation: a warning (written) was imposed - 11, an administrative fine - 4, according to Article 6.1.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation: a warning (written) was imposed - 163, an administrative fine – 94469, administrative arrest – 5452, compulsory work - 8336, according to Article 7.17 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation: a warning (written) was imposed - 15, an administrative fine – 17380, according to Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation: a warning (written) was imposed - 93, an administrative fine – 75319, administrative arrest – 86660. According to statistics, we see that decisions are made on administrative offenses very serious, human destinies are behind them, perhaps the offenders, feeling the severity of the punishment, will refuse to commit offenses any more and will take the path of correction in the future.

According to the local police commissioners themselves, the main working article, according to which it is really possible to attract for family violence, is Article 6.1.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (Beatings), however, when documenting, a number of problems arise that need to be solved. The first and main one is the failure of a medical examination by a person who has been beaten. Practice shows that these persons (mostly women), realizing that their husbands will be punished, do not undergo a medical examination. But the outcome of the case depends on it, there are no injuries, there is no case of an administrative offense. It turns out that the police are working in vain, but the person who caused the beatings should be punished, prevention should work. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Starooskolskoye" of the Belgorod region found a way out of this situation. When the police leave for a family and household conflict, where the victims have injuries, an ambulance is called, whose medical staff not only provide qualified medical care, but also record the injuries caused by the offender. Thus, the injured person does not need to undergo a medical examination, and the police officer can only withdraw medical documentation and then send the documentation to the medical examiner. And having already collected the material, having received medical documentation, the district police commissioner has the right to draw up a protocol on an administrative offense, send the material to the court for consideration. And this practice must be spread in order to avoid the most serious consequences of crimes.

In 2022, precinct officers received 16 million requests. And these are only those that are recorded in the document management databases. Oral appeals from citizens, which precinct officers often decide on the spot, are not recorded anywhere. The Ministry of Internal Affairs estimated that on average there are about 400 appeals per precinct officer, or about two during the working day.

But despite this, the identification of administrative offenses in the field of family and household relations remains currently the prerogative of the service of district police commissioners and is a real prevention of crimes related to domestic violence, and in this the main role is assigned to district police commissioners, who, according to statistics, are fighting irreconcilably against family violence.

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The subject of the research in the article submitted for review is, as its name implies, the activities of the district police commissioner for the prevention of offenses in the field of family and household relations. The stated boundaries of the study are observed by the author. The methodology of the research is not disclosed in the text of the article, but it is obvious that the scientists used universal dialectical, logical, statistical, historical-legal, formal-legal research methods. The relevance of the research topic chosen by the author is justified as follows: "The place and role of the internal affairs bodies in the prevention of offenses in the family and household sphere are predetermined by the specifics of their administrative and legal activities. It is the employees of the internal affairs bodies who are the first to go to the place of committing domestic administrative offenses, stop illegal acts, deliver, detain offenders, carry out proceedings on administrative offenses and criminal prosecution. The district police commissioner is an official of the police of the Russian Federation who implements professional law enforcement activities aimed at protecting the rights and legitimate interests of persons living in a particular administrative area, as well as persons affected by illegal encroachments on the territory served. ... Thus, the service of district police commissioners has a leading role in the prevention and suppression of offenses in the sphere of domestic life." Additionally, the scientist needs to list the names of the leading experts who have been engaged in the study of the problems raised in the article, as well as reveal the degree of their study. The scientific novelty of the research is manifested in a number of conclusions and suggestions of the author: "... the priority method of personal prevention of administrative activities for the prevention of offenses in the field of family and household relations by the district police commissioner is precisely persuasion"; "In one of the OMVD of Russia in the Belgorod region, they found a way out of the current situation. When the police leave for a family and household conflict, where the victims have injuries, an ambulance is called, whose medical staff not only provide qualified medical care, but also record the injuries caused by the offender. Thus, the injured person does not need to undergo a medical examination, and the police officer can only withdraw medical documentation and then send the documentation to the medical examiner. And having already collected the material, having received medical documentation, the district police commissioner has the right to draw up a protocol on an administrative offense, send the material to the court for consideration. And this practice must be spread in order to avoid the most serious consequences, crimes," etc. Thus, the article makes a certain contribution to the development of domestic legal science and deserves the attention of the readership, but needs to be finalized, which will be discussed in more detail below. The scientific style of the research is maintained by the author to the fullest extent, the structure of the work is quite logical. In the introductory part of the article, the author substantiates the relevance of his chosen research topic. In the main part of the article, the scientist identifies a number of problems that arise in the activities of the district police commissioner for the prevention of offenses in the field of family and household relations, and also suggests ways to solve them. The final part of the article contains general conclusions based on the results of the study. The content of the article fully corresponds to its title, but is not without some drawbacks. So, the author writes: "The district police commissioner is an official of the police of the Russian Federation who implements professional law enforcement activities aimed at protecting the rights and legitimate interests of persons living in a particular administrative area, as well as persons affected by unlawful encroachments on the territory served." It is better to replace the term "protection" with "protection", since "protection" is "patronage of someone. in getting a job, in promotion, etc." (Ozhegov S. I. Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language. M., 2019. p. 926), i.e. this is a concept that has a negative emotional connotation. The scientist notes: "Statements and reports about the commission of illegal actions in the family or the real threat of its commission may be accepted by the service of the district police commissioners ...". "its commission" must be replaced by "their". The phrase "F.E. Kolontaevsky revealed the concept of administrative activity of internal affairs bodies by listing the key areas of their activities, emphasizing the executive and administrative nature of such activities, listed its directions with reference to a specific historical epoch (the early 70s of the twentieth century) - "the implementation of the external service, passport and licensing system, administrative supervision" [2]" taken out of context, it violates the logical harmony of the text. It must be moved to the place where the author speaks about the administrative activities of the district police commissioner ("When carrying out preventive activities, the administrative activities of the district police commissioner come to the fore. This thesis is justified by the close connection of the district police commissioner with the population living in the administrative area he serves"). The author writes: "V.M. Orzhekhovskaya, although she considers the concept of "prevention" and "prevention" synonymous, notes that prevention is not only part of preventive work aimed at identifying and eliminating the causes and conditions of offenses, but also a system of measures for re–education and personality formation [8]." Therefore, "prevention" is a specific concept in relation to the concept of "prevention". Further, the scientist points out: "The difference between prevention from other related terms (more correctly, concepts) is that the preventive effect is not only on established and potential offenders, but also on persons leading an antisocial lifestyle or violating generally accepted norms of morality and ethics [9]." The last mentioned persons are potential offenders, i.e. the sentence is tautological. The author also needs to offer clear definitions of the concepts of "prevention" and "prevention". The scientist writes: "It should be noted that domestic rowdiness is understood differently in the laws of various subjects of the Russian Federation. Thus, in the law of the Tambov region, this concept covers such forms of illegal behavior as disturbing the peace of the family in a residential building, a similar concept is found in the law of the Trans-Baikal Territory." It is necessary to provide excerpts from the mentioned normative legal acts and make references to information sources. The author notes: "Statistics on the detection of offenses under Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation may not be entirely correct, since it can also be considered by the leadership of internal affairs bodies and, according to current legislation, even by district police officers" - the wrong case is used ("according to current legislation"). The idea of incorrect statistics is expressed somewhat vaguely and requires more detailed explanations. The scientist points out: "According to statistics, we see that decisions are made on administrative offenses very serious, human destinies are behind them, perhaps offenders, feeling the severity of punishment, will refuse to commit offenses anymore and will take the path of correction" - it should be replaced with "refuse to commit offenses in the future"; after the word "perhaps" a comma is omitted. The scientist notes: "The first and main thing is not passing a medical examination by a person who has been beaten." That's right - "non-passage" (written together).
The author writes: "In one of the OMVD of Russia in the Belgorod region, they found a way out of the current situation. When the police leave for a family and household conflict, where the victims have injuries, an ambulance is called, whose medical staff not only provide qualified medical care, but also record the injuries caused by the offender. Thus, the injured person does not need to undergo a medical examination, and the police officer can only withdraw medical documentation and then send the documentation to the medical examiner," but does not indicate the source of the information. The bibliography of the research is presented by 10 sources (dissertations, monographs, scientific articles, textbooks, educational and methodical manuals). From a formal and factual point of view, this is quite enough, but some provisions of the work need to be clarified (see comments). There is an appeal to opponents, both general and private (A.V. Ravnyushkin, A. A. Gaidukov). The scientific discussion is conducted by the author correctly. The provisions of the work are sufficiently justified. There are conclusions based on the results of the study ("... the identification of administrative offenses in the field of family and household relations remains currently the prerogative of the service of district police commissioners and is a real prevention of crimes related to domestic violence, and in this the main role is assigned to district police commissioners, who, according to statistics, are engaged in an irreconcilable struggle against family violence"), but are well-known and do not reflect scientific achievements of the author of the article. Therefore, they need to be clarified and specified. The article needs additional proofreading. It contains typos, spelling, punctuation, and stylistic errors (the main ones are indicated in the notes on the work). The interest of the readership in the article submitted for review can be shown primarily by specialists in the field of administrative law, criminal law, administrative procedure and criminal procedure, provided that it is finalized: disclosure of the research methodology, additional justification of the relevance of its topic, clarification of certain provisions of the work, formulation of clear and specific conclusions based on the results of the study, elimination of violations in the design of the work.

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The subject of the study. In the reviewed article "On the issue of the activities of the district police commissioner for the prevention of offenses in the field of family and domestic relations", the subject of the study is the norms of law governing the activities of the district police commissioner for the prevention of family and domestic conflicts. Research methodology. When writing the article, such methods as: logical, statistical, historical, theoretical and predictive, formal legal, system-structural and legal modeling were used. The methodological apparatus consists of the following dialectical techniques and methods of scientific cognition: analysis, abstraction, induction, deduction, hypothesis, analogy, synthesis, typology, classification, systematization and generalization. The work used a combination of empirical and theoretical information. The use of modern methods made it possible to study the established approaches, views on the subject of research, develop an author's position and argue it. The relevance of research. The relevance of the research topic stated by the author is beyond doubt. The family is a historically established form of organization of people's lives. Family members are persons related by kinship. Unfortunately, conflicts among family members are not uncommon. The state and society are interested in preserving family traditions and values. Legal regulation in this area of public relations is aimed at protecting the rights of the most vulnerable family members (women, children and the elderly). The statistics of crimes committed in the family and household environment do not inspire optimism. One of the mechanisms for the prevention of offenses in the field of family and household relations is the work of the district commissioner of the police, including with dysfunctional families, to prevent various kinds of conflicts and crimes. However, the lack of clear legal regulation of the activities of the district police commissioner for the prevention of offenses in the field of family and household relations significantly reduces its effectiveness. These circumstances indicate the relevance of doctrinal developments on this topic in order to improve legislation and practice of its application. Scientific novelty. Without questioning the importance of previous scientific research, which served as the theoretical basis for this work, nevertheless, it can be noted that this article for the first time formulated noteworthy provisions, for example: "... we focus on the fact that nevertheless, the priority method of personal prevention of administrative activities for the prevention of offenses in the field of family law by district police officers- it is precisely the conviction of a domestic relationship." Based on the results of writing the article, the author has made a number of theoretical conclusions and suggestions, which indicates not only the importance of this study for legal science, but also determines its practical significance. Style, structure, content. The article is written in a scientific style, using special legal terminology. The article is structured. The material is presented consistently and clearly. The topic is disclosed, the content of the article corresponds to its title. It seems that the introduction does not fully meet the requirements for this part of the scientific article. And also, in conclusion, it would be necessary to formulate the main results that the author achieved during the research, and not be limited to a general (non-specific) conclusion. The comments are advisory in nature. Bibliography. The author uses a sufficient number of doctrinal sources, provides links to publications of recent years. References to sources are designed in accordance with the requirements of the bibliographic GOST. Appeal to opponents. A scientific discussion is presented on certain issues of the stated topic, and appeals to opponents are correct. All borrowings are decorated with links to the author and the source of the publication. Conclusions, the interest of the readership. The article "On the issue of the activities of the district police commissioner for the prevention of offenses in the field of family and household relations" is recommended for publication. The article corresponds to the subject and editorial policy of the journal "Police activity". The article is written on an urgent topic, has practical significance and is characterized by scientific novelty. This article may be of interest to a wide readership, primarily specialists in the field of law enforcement, administrative law, family law, and will also be useful for teachers and students of law schools and faculties.