Prohibitions for State Servants as a Corruption Prevention Area: A Brief Retrospective View and the Modern Status

The article defines the essence of corruption, lists prohibitions preventing corrupt behavior of public officers introduced by the Order of Alexander III of December 3, 1884. The author describes some restrictions imposed on the mentioned subjects by Federal Law No. 79-ФЗ of July 27, 2004, On the State Civil Service in the Russian Federation.

Statutory Aspects of International and Transnational Search for Hiding Terrorists, Extremists and Mercenaries: The National and Foreign Experience

The article defines statutory grounds for the international and transnational search for terrorists and mercenaries, determines the algorithm of actions in this sphere and the collection of data on the location of wanted criminals, the opportunity for their extradition and prevention of attempts of persons trained in terrorist groups and suicide attackers to penetrate to the Commonwealth of Independent States (hereinafter referred to as the CIS). The publication lists events aimed at the identification of and search for CIS citizens having taken part in military operations in other countries on the side of terrorist and extremist groups and illegal armed formations (hereinafter referred to as the IAF). The authors give justified proposals for the improvement and functioning of the system of international and transnational search, review various solutions of the issues related to the legal mechanism problems, the procedure for mutual exchange of the information on coordination of and procedure for search, supervision and control thereof.

Peculiarities of Organization of Sentence Enforcement in the Form of Correctional Labor

The article analyzes and discusses the features of the organization of the execution of punishment in the form of forced labor. As a result, priority areas of the service’s activities are determined, including the development of scientific support for this issue.

Taking into Account Personality Characteristics of Juvenile Convicts in the Organization of Complex Resocialization Work

The article presents the main results of empirical and theoretical analysis of the current state and General problems of re-socialization of juvenile convicts serving sentences in educational colonies of the Federal penitentiary service. The purpose of this article is to study and analyze the individual and personal characteristics of minors who are serving sentences in places of deprivation of liberty. The tasks are theoretical and empirical study of the main problems of resocialization of this category of convicts. The dynamics of changes in the share of minors convicted in 2016-2019 relative to the total number of minors in the Russian Federation is presented. The individual and personal portrait of a minor serving a sentence in prison has been determined. Criminological and individual-personal characteristics of juvenile convicts and the main recommendations for the organization of a comprehensive program of their re-socialization are presented.

On the Direction of Value-Based Orientations of Penal System Employees

The article discusses the theoretical aspects of the study of professional values, the formation of a system of value orientations of law enforcement officers, presents the results of a study of the orientation of value orientations of employees of the penal system of the Russian Federation, and based on cluster analysis, their structure is revealed.

Some Issues of Sentence Enforcement in Respect of Convicts Suffering from a Gender Identity Disorder: Russian, International and Foreign Aspects

The article justifies the need for the improvement of organizational and legal issues of sentence enforcement in respect of convicts suffering from a gender identity disorder (transgender, transsexual people, etc.) as one of the penal law development areas. The authors bring forward a number of recommendations for the improvement of penal and other laws of Russia taking into account studies of the legal regulation and law enforcement in respect of convicts suffering from a gender identity disorder, international provisions and foreign experience in this sphere.

On Child Crime in the Pre-Revolutionary Period

The article examines the causes, factors, conditions for the occurrence of child crime, as well as various theories of domestic and foreign scientists on this issue. Much attention is paid to methods for studying the nature of the personality of juvenile offenders.

International Prisoner Treatment Standards: For and Against

Russia’s accession to the Council of Europe at the end of the XX century predetermined the convergence and divergence processes of international and Russian law, led to the implementation of European standards and rules for the treatment of prisoners in Russian legislation, and established Russia’s obligation to implement the decisions of the European court of human rights. However, it was not the lack of scientific and economic justification for some of the proposed changes and additions that created an inappropriate result, situations that are not typical of Russia and in some cases contradict the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Victimologic and Penitentiary Issues of Safety of Penal System Employees

The article analyzes the issues of security of staff members of the penal system when making correctional institutions crimes, economic and other orientation, the interrelation of these types of crimes and victimization characteristics of the subjects of Commission who may also be employees of agencies falling into a situation of high potential danger from prisoners. The authors formulate proposals on the feasibility of making appropriate changes to Federal legislation and the need to strengthen the victimological prevention of economic crimes in correctional institutions. The methodological basis of the research is presented by the method of system analysis, technicallegal, comparative-legal methods. The theoretical analysis was carried out by the authors in combination with the analysis of empirical material, in particular, statistical data and results of employee surveys.

Labor Rights and Interests of Employees: Protection and Defense Under Russian Laws

The article discusses the labor rights and interests of employees, as well as their protection under Russian law. Employees are entitled to basic rights that can be protected in various ways that do not contradict the legislation of the Russian Federation. The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that today the protection of labor rights is very important for every citizen of the state, and it is necessary for the employee to independently ensure the protection of labor rights.