Neokonchennoe prestuplenie i ego vidy

A discussion of how crimes in the making, attempted crimes, and crimes voluntarily called off by the would-be perpetrators have been treated in Russian and foreign law from the tenth through the twentieth centuries. The criminological aspect of incomplete crimes is examined. Chapter headings are: 1. Original norms on incomplete crimes in Russian law 2. Evolution of the concept of incomplete crimes in Soviet criminal law 3. The concept of incomplete crimes in present-day Russian and foreign criminal law 4. Preliminary criminal activity, interruption and prevention.