Recall that in 2017 the battery against close relatives, if the offense is committed for the first time, moved from the category of criminal cases, in administrative. This decriminalization has caused widespread controversy. Experts pointed out that now domestic violence will only grow. However, the interior Ministry pointed to the other side of the problem. The majority, tolerate such violence, was afraid to go to the police precisely because of the fact that the perpetrator was threatened with criminal prosecution. Thus the majority of cases passed to the police. Decriminalization has led to a rise in the number of calls to the police. But not because of the fact that some irresponsible citizens were more likely to beat their relatives, and for the reason that the victims began to report these cases.
Recently, the state Duma Oksana Pushkina, Irina Rodnina and Olga Savastianova that developed the draft law against domestic violence, addressed to Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova to expedite the adoption of the document. In the appeal, the deputies have noted a significant increase in the number of complaints of domestic violence after the introduction of the regime of self-isolation of coronavirus. Golikova was assigned to five ministries, including the interior Ministry and the justice Ministry, as well as Rospechat jointly consider directed her Deputy’s appeal on the issue of domestic violence.
the interior Ministry together with the Ministry of justice considered the issue of enhanced penalties. It was proposed to designate the penalty of administrative arrest. But such changes are considered inappropriate, “since seen the disparity between administrative responsibility and criminal”, – said the press Department of the Ministry of interior in response to the request TASS.
Article 6.1.1 (“Beating”) of the administrative code envisages a fine in the amount from 5 to 30 thousand rubles or administrative arrest for up to 15 days, or compulsory work for a period of up to 120 hours. At the same time, article 116.1 (“beating by a person subjected to administrative punishment”) Criminal code for the punishment envisages a fine in the amount up to 40 thousand rubles.
if the beatings suffered repeatedly, they qualify it as a criminal act.
“the Transfer of the majority of criminal assault to the category of administrative offences has highlighted a significant number of latent deeds and positive impact on the prevention of grave and especially grave crimes on household soil” – said in the Ministry. In addition, the beatings are related to the number of acts for which liability is incurred without consideration of the “wishes” of the victim. That is, it is excited in any case, even if the victim does not want to write a statement. This ensured the certainty of punishment, stressed in the interior Ministry.
as for the growing cases of domestic violence in the period mode samoigrayke��I, it is not revealed.
“According to statistics, the growth of offences committed in family and domestic sphere, is not observed”, – TASS quoted a Ministry of internal Affairs.
According to the Ministry, at the end of the first quarter of 2020 domestic violence in Russia, by contrast, declined by 13 percent, while the share of such crimes in the total weight of the offenses was 1.4 percent.
