Social Factors of Criminalization of Criminal Law

The article reveals doctrinal approaches to the definition of criminalization in criminal law science, as well as criteria for establishing criminal law prohibitions, taking into account the theory of causality of crime. The positions of leading scientists in the field of criminal law (I. Ya. Kozachenko, A. V. Naumov, Yu. I. Bytko, V. I. Plokhova, I. M. Kleimenov) regarding the nature of criminalization of criminal law are analyzed. The main focus of the article is on the social nature of the causes of increased criminal responsibility in shaping the criminal policy of the state. The article presents an analysis of the changes in the criminal law in 2025, reflecting the social factor of criminalization in the process of criminal law rulemaking. The current data on the crime rate in the Russian Federation are presented, which allow us to judge the effectiveness and necessity of the introduced changes in criminal legislation, in terms of increased responsibility.