Author

Rogova E.V., Parfinenko I.P.

Title of article

Punishment in modern criminal law of Russia: new prospects and problems of application

Section

Section 3. Criminal Law

Issue, year

1 (35) 2016

Abstract

High crime rate remains in Russia since the adoption of the RF Criminal Code in 1996 until the present time. Each year over two million crimes are reported. Under these circumstances, the study of criminal penalties, prospects and problems of their application acquires increased relevance. Nowadays, in the conditions of reforming the criminal legislation and supplementing it by new types of penalties previously unknown to the domestic criminal law, the issues connected with the research of the problems of application of criminal penalties and their effectiveness have great scientific and practical importance. The article is devoted to the issues of the current state of criminal legislation fixing the types of punishment as well as the study of court practice concerning giving sentences, both involving deprivation of liberty and non. Special attention is paid to the existing problems of execution of various types of criminal penalties that prevent their wider application by courts. It’s emphasized that the changes and amendments to the criminal law concerning new types of penalties should be scientifically justified. It’s underlined that punishment is one of the fundamental categories of criminal law, its nature and content depend on the existing socio-economic and political formation and moral values dominating in the society. In this regard, the system and types of penalties should be formed according to the social and political changes taking place in contemporary society. It’s also necessary to take into account the economic component that makes the application of certain types of penalties possible or impossible.

Keywords

сriminal policy; punishment; crime; offence.