Humanizing Imposition and Enforcement of Sentences on Women
Kunts E.V., Latysheva L.A. Humanizing imposition and enforcement of sentences on women. Penitentiary Science, 2024, vol. 18, no. 4 (68), pp. 385–390. doi 10.46741/2686-9764.2024.68.4.005
Humanization of assignment and execution of punishment is one of the priority vectors of modern criminal and penal policy. The existence of even the most humane and just legislation does not yet lead to the desired goal. In turn, this obliges to consider legislation as an integral element of criminal policy, which should timely respond to the ongoing changes in society, taking into account modern realities and trends. Purpose: to determine consistency of humanization of sentencing and its implementation, relationship between sanctions enshrined in domestic criminal legislation and effectiveness of the state’s criminal legal response to crimes committed by women, as well as women with young children. Methods: historical-legal, formal-legal, comparative-legal, descriptive, statistical methods and the method of legal modeling. The results of the study confirm the need to formulate a strategy for the humanization of criminal and penal legislation on combating crimes committed by women. Conclusion: when choosing measures of procedural coercion and criminal punishment, it is necessary to take into account the data related to the characteristic of a woman, her age, state of health, occupation, marital status, presence of minor children, dependents and other individual circumstances.
Keywords: Humanism; enforcement of punishment; women’s identity; punishment; criminal policy; penal policy
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