Open AccessAbout the juvenile direction of criminal policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan: historical background and development issues
Author(s) -
M. M. Myrzash,
M. M. Myrzash
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ûridičeskij vestnik samarskogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-2990
pISSN - 2542-047X
DOI - 10.18287/2542-047x-2021-7-1-120-125
Subject(s) - punishment (psychology) , the republic , kazakh , juvenile , juvenile delinquency , political science , criminology , empire , economic justice , socialization , criminal justice , law , sociology , psychology , social science , social psychology , philosophy , linguistics , theology , biology , genetics
The article considers the paradigm of the Republic of Kazakhstans juvenile criminal policy, reveals its historical background and development problems. The article describes the features of the Biy judicial system in the Kazakh society up to the middle of the XVIII century. The article examines the characteristics of applying criminal punishment to juveniles after the accession of the Kazakh khanates to the Russian Empire in the XVIIIXIX centuries. The conclusion is made about the continuity of juvenile justice foundations in pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary Russia and modern Kazakhstan. The article confirms the ineffectiveness of further lowering the age of criminal responsibility, as well as traditional punishments that provide for the deprivation or restriction of liberty of juveniles. The idea of re-socialization of juveniles who have served a criminal sentence and are released from it is defended. To re-socialize, it is recommended to expand the practice of alternative punishments without isolation from society related to labor impact and the introduction of probation with labor impact concerning juveniles in the Republic of Kazakhstan.