The article analyzes various opinions of administrative scientists regarding the concept of administrative preventive measures, their classification. Specific compulsory measures of administrative warning applied to minors are given. The author gives examples of the classification of administrative and preventive measures, revealing their main and distinctive features. Depending on the purpose of coercion, the author identifies two groups of administrative prevention measures: 1) measures applied in the event of a threat to public safety and personal safety to prevent possible harm, and 2) measures applied in relation to persons who have committed a wrongful act in order to prevent them from committing new offenses.In conclusion of the article, the author defines as the main feature of administrative coercion measures the coercive nature of this group of measures, consisting in the implementation of imperious and unilateral actions that are not agreed with the opposite party who is obliged to fulfill the order, perform the actions necessary in this situation, or refrain from committing them.
Administrative prevention measures: theoretical approaches to the concept and classification
