ARMAN BABAKHANYAN

Assistant to the Judge of the Criminal Chamber of the RA Cassation Court,

Lecturer at YSU Chair of Criminal Law

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59546/18290744-2024.7-9-49

Annotation.

The article is devoted to the tendencies of spreading criminal subculture as a unique social phenomenon in the Republic of Armenia. Criminal subculture as a social phenomenon in the Republic of Armenia has a long history, during which, having undergone certain changes, it continues to exist and still does not give up its position. Having studied various domestic and international socio-legal studies on the existence of criminal subculture in the Republic of Armenia, we came to the conclusion that criminal subculture in the Republic of Armenia is widespread in various strata of society, including among persons deprived of liberty in penitentiary institutions, among minors, in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.

As a result, we have found that the influence of criminal subculture on the society of the Republic of Armenia, the diversity and prevalence of its manifestations testify to the high degree of danger of manifestations of criminal subculture. In such conditions, without criminal law instruments, we think it would not be effective to fight the discussed subculture exclusively by other legal means (for example, by applying administrative penalties within the framework of administrative law, confiscation of property of illegal origin within the framework of civil law, use of penalties within the framework of law enforcement rights). Therefore, criminal law tools are an important guarantee of an effective legal fight against criminal subculture.

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