Published date:Apr 25 2019

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: Individual and Society in the Global Era

Pages:37–50

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v3i16.4472

A V Shcherbakov

V B Shabanov

L Y Budanovamilabudanovapskov@mail.ru

O P Alexandrova

O G Demidov

International standards for the treatment of convicts without isolation from society contain the world experience of humanism in the execution of punishments and the development of the correctional system of all the countries in the world, concerning Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union, they are adopted and implemented relatively recently. Today not all international standards have found their consolidation in the sectoral legislation of Russia and the CIS and Baltic countries. The execution of punishments is one of the most detailed regulated processes from the point of view of international regulation, as for the classification of the state as democratic, largely affects the compliance of its sectoral legislation in the penitentiary sphere with international standards. The aim of the study is to determine the features of the procedure for the replacement of alternative penalties, taking into account the implementation of international standards in some post-Soviet countries.

Keywords: international standards; alternative punishments; court; Prosecutor’s office; replacement of punishments.

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