PERSPECTIVES FOR THE IMPOSITION OF INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF PUNISHMENT IN UKRAINE

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The aim of the article is to characterize the main trends in the imposition of punishment in Ukraine, its particular types, as well as a scientific analysis of the recent draft laws in this field. Results. The relevance of the article is that one of the components of public policy on combating crime is punishment, which is the most important means of influencing potential offenders and persons who have already committed criminal offenses to deter them from committing crimes (general prevention) or same commission of repeated crimes (special prevention). Thus, the effectiveness of the policy on criminal penalties largely determines the effectiveness of the entire system of combating crime in Ukraine and is one of the significant and complex problems of domestic legal science and criminal policy of the state. The article studies the implementation of criminal punishment and its individual types on the basis of official statistical data, which has an independent significance for both legislative and law enforcement activities. It is proved that the criminal policy of Ukraine is characterized by a steady trend of increasing use of alternatives to imprisonment and release from punishment. The calculated statistical indicators show a situation when exemption from criminal punishment with probation is applied in more cases than other types of criminal punishment. It is emphasized that the fight against crime is a complex, systematic and multifaceted activity in the field of social management and has its own goals, objectives, directions, object, subjects, means, principles, the correct definition of which is the key to the effectiveness of this activity. It is found that around the world, criminal policy increasingly advocates alternatives to isolating those responsible for criminal offenses from society. Conclusions. It is concluded that the criminal policy of Ukraine is characterized by a steady trend of increasing use of alternatives to imprisonment and release from punishment. As illustrated by the above calculations, exemption from criminal punishment with probation is applied in more cases than other types of criminal punishment. At the same time, the share of such persons is gradually decreasing.

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