PROBLEMS OF DECRIMINALIZATION IN SOVIET LAW (FROM FRONTIERS OF REPRESSION, PART 1, NEGLIGENCE, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LAW, EASTERN-BLOCK COUNTRIES - SEE NCJ-31189)

• NCJ Number: 31194
• Author(s): V P CHOUPILOV
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Parc Leopold
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: French
• Country: Belgium

Annotation

MAJOR FEATURES OF THE SOVIET SYSTEM OF DECRIMINALIZATION THROUGH SUSPENSION OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION.

Abstract

IN THE CASE OF SOME OFFENSES ONLY RECIDIVISTS ARE HELD CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE. OFFENDERS ARE FREQUENTLY RELEASED IN CUSTODY OF THE ORGANIZATION WHERE THEY WORK IN WHICH CASES SOCIAL PRESSURE IS USED AS A MEANS OF REHABILITATION. SOME SENTENCING STATISTICS ARE INCLUDED. --IN FRENCH