Participation in a crime

Under the complicity in the crime is understood intentional (intent is important) the joint participation of more than two persons in the commission of a crime. This applies only to violations that are committed intentionally.

Participation in a crime has the following objective attributes:

- The act must be committed by several persons who are capable of carrying criminal responsibility for it.

- Activities should be joint. The fact that the actions of one person are supplemented by those of others. The actions of accomplices should be causally related to the result of the crime.

- The concept of complicity in a crime concerns only what happened before the end of such an act.

Subjective symptoms are as follows:

"It can only be about crimes committed intentionally."

- All participants in the crime should be sufficiently aware of what they are doing. The unity of purpose is important.

Complicity in crime is often confused with mediocre causing harm. The second is always committed jointly with persons who simply can not be held criminally liable. In this case, the criminal is the perpetrator of the crime, even if he did it with his own hand.

The institute of complicity in crime is important in that:

- establishes responsibility for those crimes that are committed not by one subject, but several at once;

- helps to determine the degree of guilt of each individual partner;

- establishes the signs (subjective and objective) that are characteristic of each of the crimes committed by several entities.

There are several types of complicity in a crime. Below they are considered in more detail. To begin with, we note that complicity in a crime can be complicated or simple. With simple, each of the accomplices only performs the objective side of the crime (all actors in this case are called accomplices), and in case of complex, the roles are distributed. They are distinguished as follows:

- Performer;

- The instigator;

- an accomplice;

- the organizer.

The executor is recognized only by the person who directly committed the crime, or, with the joint participation, used for its commission those persons who by virtue of certain provisions of the law can not bear criminal responsibility (speech of minors, incapable minors).

The organizer, respectively, is the person who organized the crime. He can also direct his execution. The organizer is dangerous because it is from him that initiates the commission of a crime. Its responsibility is heightened. He is responsible for all those actions that a group of persons have committed while acting in the implementation of his plans.

As an instigator is the person who has persuaded someone else to commit a criminal act by any means. Such means include threats, persuasion, and the like. The instigator must be aware of the crimes committed by the people. Note that criminal actions are not general appeals that are not addressed to anyone specific.

An accomplice is a person who has directly contributed to the commission of a crime. Perhaps aiding not only physical, but also intellectual. Note that the former is of a material nature and is expressed in the provision of any means, and the second is expressed in the provision of information, data, data, and so on. The accomplices are often confused with instigators. Yes, they are similar in many respects, but the important fact is that the accomplices do not incline and persuade anyone to commit crimes. This is their main difference.