Abstract
The attempted offense echoes the notion of an unconsummated offense, punishable through the theory of punishable attempt, governed by article 121-5 of the Penal Code. The creation of numerous prevention offenses tends to call into question the classic vision of the apprehension of criminal attempt. On the one hand, the formal offense stricto sensu can be analyzed as being the establishment of an autonomous attempt, under a completed offense. On the other hand, certain obstacle offenses can be analyzed as constituting the erection of autonomous preparatory acts, in respect of an offense which has also been completed. Together, they form the modern repression of the attempt, through the concept of completed offense. This modern repression, sometimes completes, sometimes contradicts, classic repression, which leads to the formation of a real repressive dualism of attempted offenses.