CRIMINAL VIOLENCE WHEN QUALIFYING AS AN ILLEGAL ARMED FORMATIONS AND GANGS

The article provides a brief chronological overview of the qualification of such crimes as organization and participation in illegal armed groups and banditry at all stages of the commission of a crime. The author structures the signs of illegal armed formations and gangs, and also highlights the common constituent elements of the sign of stability and organization of illegal armed formations and gangs. In addition, the specific features and differences of these related crimes are highlighted, and the role of criminal violence in the commission of crimes is determined. The conclusion is presented on the need to provide more pronounced formulations of the dispositions of these independent compositions in order to achieve the goals of the criminal law.