Modern means of correction and resocialization of convicted persons

Abstract

The transition from penalty as the main purpose of punishment to correction of behavior and resocialization of convicted persons in the process of service of punishment requires updating and improvement of the criminalexecutive system of Ukraine, further active development of the probation system in general, and especially penal system. The solution of the existing shortcomings in the sphere of criminal punishment and trial is possible only by means of a consistent system reform based on scientific principles, implemented in practical area, which should be based on the stage-by-stage updating of the existing system to the modern, as transparent and understandable for the public, one of the main tasks of which will be to ensure the observance of human and civil rights. The creation of a scientific foundation for the functioning of such a system is the purpose of this scientific research. According to the set goal, the study uses a combination of both general scientific and special methods and methods of scientific knowledge, the application of which allowed to analyze the range of issues related to the correction and resocialization of convicted persons in a comprehensive manner. The current state of the criminal-executive system of Ukraine now requires updating of theoretical and adapting the legislative base by introducing foreign experience into the Ukrainian system of criminal penalties. Active development requires the system of appointment and execution of alternative punishment. Improving the system should be organized in such a way as to apply punishment to the person who committed the crime, without prejudice to its personality, and on the contrary to promote its full resocialization, which will, as a result, reduce the level of crime. Introduction of modern technologies in the work of bodies and institutions of criminal punishment and probation execution should become one of the key directions of reform implementation.