The article is devoted to the systemic problems of qualification of abuseof the bodies of the dead and burial sites (art. 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The key difficulties of law enforcement are analyzed: differentiation with related compounds; the disputed status of the subject of the crime; the obligation to establish direct intent; the qualification of new forms of treatment of remains. Special attention is paid to unique legal incidents (V. I. Lenin's body status) and ethical and legal conflicts of the use of bodies for medical/commercial purposes. Based on the analysis of judicial practice, persistent qualification errors have been identified, in particular, ignoring the object of public morality during theft from cemeteries and incorrect assessment of the subjective side. The author substantiates the need for a legislative expansion of the concept of "remains of the deceased", and concludes that there is a need for systematic improvement of Article 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, taking into account cultural traditions and moral principles of society.
crime, abuse, body of the deceased, burial places, corpus delicti
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