Abstract:
This article deals with the problematic issues of qualification of criminal offenses committed by a
group of
persons, a group of persons by previous concert. Legislative and doctrinal definitions of a group
of persons, a group of persons by previous concert as well as the criteria of separating these
forms of participation are ana- lyzed; the conclusion about the inadmissibility of division of the
concepts of group criminal offense and
complicity is proved. The author, contrary to popularly gustative and doctrinal approaches, allows
for the par- ticipation in the group of persons not only an accomplice, but also an accessory. New
approaches to the re- search of this issue are expressed in theoretical postulates formulated by
the author, as well as in the system
of proposals to improve legislation.
