Planning Documents to Develop the Russian Penal System in the Period of 2010–2030: Name, Type and Procedure for Entry into Legal Force
Dyad’kin O. N., Kalyashin A. V. Planning documents to develop the Russian penal system in the period of 2010–2030: name, type and procedure for entry into legal force. Penitentiary Science, 2022, vol. 16, no. 3 (59), pp. 302–309. doi: 10.46741/2686-9764.2022.59.3.008
Introduction: recently, development of the Russian penal system is based on the conceptual provisions enshrined in legal documents that are the result of strategic planning. The conceptual provisions are being developed in order to achieve the desired state of the penal system in the future and represent a system of views aimed at improving activities of its institutions and bodies. Planning documents set up the final result, as well as priority development directions, as a rule, for a ten-year period according to the national legislation with regard to international norms and standards. Purpose: to conduct a comparative analysis of individual conceptual provisions in the terminated and newly adopted planning document aimed at improving the management system; taking into account results of the study, unresolved issues identified during implementation of the conceptual provisions, and positions of scientists and practitioners, to formulate theoretical and practical recommendations for the developers of a new legal document focused on developing the entire system of penal institutions and bodies. Methods: the methodological basis of the study is made up of general scientific methods, such as generalization, analysis, synthesis, deduction and induction, a system-structural method of comparison, as well as private scientific means of analyzing normative documents. Conclusions: the conceptual documents introduced in recent decades reflecting the leading ideas to optimize activities of the penal system and the chosen direction to execute criminal penalties predetermined the vector of its development. Moreover, the considered system of views has had a significant positive impact on the functioning of the institutions and bodies executing criminal punishment, as well as law enforcement practice. Results: the authors have identified unresolved problematic and debatable aspects of conceptual documents related to the implementation of departmental provisions, the form, methods and subjects that put into effect the legal acts under study. Based on the results of the analysis, the researchers made a theoretical conclusion and proposed doctrinal and practical recommendations that can form the basis for working out a new conceptual document occupying a higher position in the hierarchy of legal acts aimed at developing the entire system of institutions and bodies executing punishments.
Keywords: Document; planning; form; method; concept; system
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