The need to apply the provisions on administrative prejudice in the elements of crimes in special types of entrepreneurial activity

Introduction: the article discusses the possibility of applying the provisions on administrative prejudice in order to improve the criminal legislation on liability for crimes in special types of business activities. Materials and Methods: dialectical, logical and other general scientific research methods were used, as well as special legal methods: legal and sociological methods. Results: based on the analysis of scientific literature and sociological research conducted by the author, the question of the expediency of the legislator's wider use of prejudice norms in constructing elements of crimes is considered. Discussion and Conclusions: the author came to the conclusion that it is necessary to include provisions on administrative prejudice in the content of the main elements of crimes in special types of entrepreneurial activity, as well as to take into account the conviction for criminal acts of this type previously committed by a person as qualifying signs.