CRIMINAL-LEGAL MEASURES APPLIED TO WOMEN CRIMINALS, PRACTICE AND PROBLEMS OF APPLICATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Abstract

Objective: to study the practice and problems of application of criminal-legal measures to women criminals. Methods: statistical, comparative, formal logical. Results: basing on the analysis, the conclusions are made about the effectiveness of application of punishments and other criminal-legal measures, in particular, a stay of execution for pregnant women and women having children under the age of 14. Scientific novelty: the concept of measures of criminal-legal nature is proposed, which up to the present time was not present on the legislative level. Systematization of measures of criminal-legal nature is held, which are applied to women who have committed crimes, including on the basis of statistical data for the period from 2006 to 2012. Practical value: is determined by a set of conclusions of applied character from the point of view of their use for preventing female crime and improving the efficiency of application of measures of criminal-legal nature to women who have committed crimes.