Alexander Mikhailovich Pleshakov

Individual Way of Actions in Zoological Crimes

Today, the criminal law of most countries protects animals and provides criminal responsibility for their abuse. However, a person often uses them as an instrument for committing crimes. Such cases are not usual but they are regularly repeated in all continents and all countries, forming an independent type, which the authors conventionally called – zoological crimes. The article describes a model of human behavior, which is formed as a result of his use of an animal while committing a socially dangerous act. The authors pay special attention to crime preparation. In particular, we consider the search for an animal as a tool or means for committing a socially dangerous act; his training for such behavior; other actions that can be called the deliberate creation of the conditions for a crime committed. Citing and analyzing the opinions of Russian and foreign scientists, the authors distinguish three varieties of a specific way of criminal actions using animals: 1) “Baskerville”; 2) “provocation” and “delayed aggression”; 3) “long-arm,” “distraction” and “vehicle.”