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.

The purpose of the article is to clarify the problems of the institution of administrative justice of Ukraine in the context of the implementation of tasks within criminal proceedings. Subject of research: The subject of the research is the shortcomings in the administrative justice of Ukraine that can create obstacles to achieving the objectives within criminal proceedings. Methodology: The methodological basis of the article are general and special methods of legal science, in particular: dialectical method, logical and semantic method, methods of analyses and synthesis, system and structural method, formal and legal method, method of generalization. Research results: The bases for administrative justice in Ukraine are characterized, its value and main shortcomings are determined. Practical implications: The problems of administrative justice, which are a deterrent to solving problems in criminal proceedings, are analyzed. Value / originality: The consequences of the considered legal incompatibilies are determined and the ways to overcome them are suggested.