Time of a crime: the concept and practical significance

The article systematizes approaches to understanding the time of committing a crime, reveals the practical significance of all aspects of the category under consideration: criminal law, procedural. The emphasis is placed on the correlation between the institution of the criminal law in time and the time of the commission of a crime, in particular, on the problem of continuing crimes. The conclusion is made about the time of the crime as an integral characteristic of any crime, which is of interest in all criminal law disciplines.