Functions and principles of criminal law policy

Abstract

In the course of the implementation of criminal law policy, the basic principles of its functioning as a system come to the fore - the functional principles of criminal law policy.
The implementation of each individual function requires full immersion in the system of these fundamental provisions, as deviation from any of them can reduce efficiency, increase financial costs, not to mention the time wasted on unsystematic problem solving without regard to a particular principle.
Finally, the result of such «superficial» implementation of the functions of criminal law policy is the current Criminal Code of Ukraine, «pit» repair of which without systematic consideration of the functional principles of coherence, cooperation and partnership, consistency and stability, and others. has led to the loss of the features of a qualitative codified act.
These principles, in contrast to the sectoral principles of criminal law policy, are characteristic not only of a particular national system (for example, the criminal law policy of Ukraine). They summarize all the world’s experience in combating crime in terms of, in fact, the functioning of criminal policy.
Based on this, it is worth paying attention to the basic principles and standards of crime prevention proposed by international institutions, as they usually contain certain starting points for national systems.