Author

Voskresov B.N.

Title of article

Potential of imposing punishment implying deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or to be engaged in certain activities

Section

Penitentiary system

Issue, year

1 (31) 2015

Abstract

The reasons of infrequent imposing punishment implying deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or to be engaged in certain activities are analyzed, basing on the results of studying judicial practice, legal nature and punitive content of such criminal sanction. The following reasons are considered: competition of this punishment with other criminal and state legal measures (immediate dismission after conviction); skeptical attitude of judges to such punishment as lenient one; unsettled issues of enhancing criminal responsibility in case of evading punishment execution. The author argues the efficiency of such punishment for obtaining goals of general and particular prevention and reformation of convicts. The author proves the necessity of imposing such punishment to individuals who have committed crimes in the sphere related to performing professional duties (doctors, teachers, drivers, public agents) under current criminal conditions determining committing crimes, crimes of negligence, petty economic crimes. Some recommendations regarding expansion of practice of imposing the punishment under review are provided, notably: it is obligatory for appellate courts to impose the punishment implying deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or to be engaged in certain activities, if it is provided by sanction of a certain article of the RF Criminal Code. The author proposes to reconsider the punitive content of this punishment, to implement it to individuals working not only in state authorities, but also in commercial organizations and to create criminal responsibility for evading punishment execution.

Keywords

imposition of punishment, deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or to be engaged in certain activities, punishment, reformation.

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