Problems of sentencing in the form of deprivation of the right to hold certain positions and engage in certain activities

Abstract

Punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to hold certain positions and engage in certain activities occupies a special place in the system of types of punishments in the Criminal code of the Russian Federation. At the same time, being a universal and promising type of punishment designed to correct convicts without isolating them from society, the penalty of deprivation of the right to hold certain positions and engage in certain activities is imposed as the main punishment almost ten times less often than as an additional one. The author concludes that the main reasons for such a rare appointment of this type of punishment is an underestimation of its punitive impact, as well as problems in criminal legislation regarding the term of its appointment.