Administrative offense as deterrent to prove objective aspect in criminal proceedings

The purpose of the article is to study administrative offense as a deterrent to proving the objective element in criminal proceedings. The research methodology includes the use of general scientific and special methods of scientific cognition: dialectical, epistemological, logical and semantic, system and structural, normative and dogmatic, monographic, legal modeling methods. Research results: The article examines the problems of co-existence of administrative and criminal offenses. The signs of delimitation of these illegal acts are determined, as well as difficulties in defining and differentiating between administrative and criminal offences are established, which creates legal gaps and conflicts. The problem of administrative offense as a deterrent to proving the objective element in criminal proceedings is described. Practical implications: The main obstacles to legal accountability related to the consideration of administrative offenses are identified. Value / originality: The ways to overcome the above problems are proposed.