STATE OF SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT OF PROBLEMS OF CRIME INVESTIGATION IN PENITENTIARY SPHERE OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The article examines the current state of scientific research on crime in the penitentiary sphere of Ukraine. Their four periods are distinguished: the first period (1991–1995); the second period (1995–2004); the third period (2004–2013); the fourth period began in 2014 and continues to this day. An analysis of the scientific works of domestic scientists regarding the current state of crime in the penitentiary sphere of Ukraine is presented. It has been proven that the problem of investigating crime in the penitentiary sphere of Ukraine has its own written history. It is considered by scientists, as a rule, at the same time as the problem of the emergence of crime and the creation of the first prisons. Recently conducted research in the field of execution and serving of punishments shows that today the issue of crime prevention in the penitentiary field has become especially relevant. By the way, the research established that the convict enjoys all the rights of a person and a citizen, with the exception of the restrictions defined by the law and established by the court verdict. The position is substantiated that the study of the state of scientific development of the problem of crime research in the penitentiary sphere of Ukraine creates prerequisites at the scientific level to analyze monographic works and scientific articles on this subject and to provide a thorough explanation of the reasons and conditions for committing criminal offenses in places of detention of the State Criminal Enforcement Service of Ukraine and authorized bodies with probation issues of the State Institution «Probation Center», both by convicts and staff. In addition, this study of the state of scientific development of the problem of crime research in the penitentiary sphere of Ukraine is also facilitated by significant changes in the state policy in the sphere of punishment and probation of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, as the legal successor of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine, the essence of which is aimed at protecting the rights and freedoms of convicts, observance of international standards of treatment in places of detention and in authorized probation bodies, creation of appropriate conditions for socialization, resocialization and reintegration of convicts into society after release. Therefore, the study of the state of scientific development of the problem of crime research in the penitentiary sphere of Ukraine allows us to consider the very subject of the study «Crime in the penitentiary sphere: theoretical and applied research» by solving the following tasks: 1) this study has not only a theoretical direction, it can become a road map for the study by the employees of the State Security Service and the State Institution «Center for Probation» regarding the prevention of crime in the penitentiary sphere; 2) this study is aimed at further scientific knowledge of the reasons and conditions for committing criminal offenses in places of deprivation of liberty of the State Security Service of Ukraine and authorized probation bodies of the State Institution «Probation Center», both by convicted persons and by staff; 3) the study of crime in the penitentiary sphere is aimed at deepening the knowledge and skills of prevention of criminal offenses in places of detention of the State Security Service of Ukraine and authorized probation bodies of the State Institution «Probation Center», both by convicts and by staff; 4) the study of crime in the penitentiary sphere should contribute to the formation of a new criminological concept of state policy in the sphere of execution of punishments and probation, the purpose of which is to ensure the implementation of general social, special criminological and individual preventive measures, measures to prevent the commission of criminal offenses, both by convicts and by staff. Taking into account the fact that crime in the penitentiary sphere prevents the achievement of the goals of punishment, destabilizes the operational situation in places of detention and in authorized bodies on probation issues, causes concern in society, the commission of criminal offenses by convicts and personnel, we set the goal of analyzing the scientific achievements of domestic scientists , enter into an academic polemic with them and formulate your own scientific hypothesis regarding this crime. Since the quintessence of our research is crime in the penitentiary sphere, the disclosure of the theoretical and methodological foundations of such a study must necessarily involve the study of its state of scientific development, methodological prerequisites, the study of conceptual prerequisites for the formation of state policy in the field of punishment and probation regarding crime in the penitentiary sphere and the formation scientific substantiation of the concept of crime in the penitentiary sphere and its content.