Public danger convicted person as a category Penitentiary Law

The article substantiates the necessity of wider using the concept of “public danger of the convict personality” in penal law, its delimitation from the universal category of criminal law as a “social danger of a crime.” The author associates the use of the broad and independent category a “public danger of the convict personality” with the matters of implementation and development activities in the criminal - executive legislation and its practical application means resocialization extension subject to criminal - executive law, a separate examination and improvement of security in the prison and other important issues of execution of criminal penalties.

Keywords: social danger of the crime; convicts; penal law; the means of resocialization.