The responsibility to expose to criminal liability and its place in the mechanism of criminal law support

This article presents the author's vision of the content and stages of implementation of the obligation of a person to be subjected to criminal liability. Approaches to the understanding of criminal liability are considered and its own definition is proposed. In addition, the author expresses his opinion on the role of the named liability in the criminal legal status of the person who committed the crime, and its significance for the process of criminal law support.