The Issues of Execution (Serving) of Criminal Punishment and Their Solutions: New Theoretical Approaches

Abstract

The subject of this article is the mode of execution (serving) the penalty in the form of deprivation of liberty, as one of the most important category of criminal-executive law. This article analyzes the modern scientific approaches in the field of criminal-executive law to the problems of the definition of the "mode". A brief historical overview shows a lack of statutory defined notion. It was first enshrined in Art. 82 of the Penal Enforcement Code of the Russian Federation on 08.01.1997 No.1-FZ. When analyzing scientific approaches to the notion of the regime the author considers and discloses two major aspects - understanding of the mode as order, and that the mode enforces its demands. Special attention is given to the concept of "non-penal" mode, i.e. execution mode (serving) punishments not involving deprivation of liberty. In preparing and writing of the article the author applied methods of analysis and synthesis, as well as the dialectic method of scientific cognition. The analysis made by the author offers organizational and practical measures to improve the modern progressive system. The novelty of the research is that the article suggests some measures for its improvement, taking into account the integrated approach to this issue. The author proposes changes into existing regulations, namely into the Penal Enforcement Code of the Russian Federation.