Comparative legal analysis of the purpose of compulsory works in Russia and foreign countries

Abstract

Punishment in the form of compulsory labor occupies an important place in the system of punishment, as it allows without isolation from society, to influence the convict by involving them in work. To date, the improvement of the domestic criminal legislation, fixing the application of compulsory works is impossible without studying foreign experience. Therefore, the article gives a comparative legal analysis of the criminal legislation of Russia, Sweden, Great Britain and France, in terms of regulating compulsory works. The author concludes that in order to improve the effectiveness of compulsory labor in Russia, it is necessary to borrow some provisions of foreign legislation in terms of the term of appointment of compulsory labor, obtaining the consent of the convict, etc.