INSTITUTE FOR THE RELEASE OF MINORS FROM CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OR PUNISHMENT IN THE ANGLO-SAXON LEGAL FAMILY
Keywords:
minor, comparative legal analysis, Anglo-Saxon legal family, criminal punishment, juvenile delinquency, exemption from punishment, effectiveness of punishment, goals of punishmentAbstract
The article provides a comparative legal analysis of the institution of releasing minors from criminal liability or punishment in the Anglo-Saxon legal family, in order to identify positive examples that, if adapted to law enforcement practice in Uzbekistan, will help improve the effectiveness of the system of punishments, including the achievement of the objectives of the criminal punishment. The criminal legislation of many modern countries provides in its norms for the institution of exemption from criminal liability and punishment. The article studies the features of this institution on the example of the criminal codes of a number of foreign countries. The issues of grounds, content, types of exemption of minors from criminal liability and criminal punishment, which are relevant both for the doctrine of criminal law and for law enforcement practice, are considered. Some controversy is being held regarding the legal nature of these institutions of criminal law, the author’s judgments are expressed on the most debatable points of the identified issues. The institutions of criminal punishment and release from it are given great importance among the measures used in the preventive activities of juvenile delinquency. The features, conditions and procedure for the application of various types of grounds, as well as the circumstances preventing their application are explained in detail and thoroughly. The author points out the features of the legislative implementation of the institution under consideration, carries out a comparative legal analysis of the legislation of foreign countries. The conclusion is made about the relevance of this institution, which stimulates the correction of a minor who has committed a crime, contributes to his speedy adaptation to the requirements of law and order, to the norms of social behavior, and also excludes the imposition of punishment in cases where the achievement of its goals is impossible.
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