NCJ Number
58384
Editor(s)
M C BASSIOUNI,
V M SAVITSKI
Date Published
1979
Length
315 pages
Annotation
THE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE PRESENT SOVIET SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CURRENT LEGISLATION IN RUSSIA AIMED AT COMBATING CRIME AND OTHER MISCONDUCT ARE PRESENTED.
Abstract
AN OVERVIEW OF THE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE SOVIET UNION SHOWS THAT THE CORE OF THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THE SOVIET COURTS, ASSISTED BY OTHER STATE AGENCIES: CRIMES ARE INVESTIGATED BY THE MILITIA AND THE PROCURATOR'S OFFICE, ADVOCATES DEFEND THE ACCUSED, PROCURATORS EXERCISE SUPERVISION OVER LAW OBSERVANCE, AND PENITENTIARY INSTITUTIONS EXECUTE PUNISHMENT. ASPECTS OF PROCEDURE DETAILED INCLUDE THE USE OF EVIDENCE AND PRETRIAL DISPOSITION, THE TRIAL PARTICIPANTS AND THE STAGES OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS. LEGAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF RESEARCH AND PREPARATION FOR THE PROFESSION. THE DISCUSSION OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS IS BROKEN DOWN INTO CRIMINOLOGY AS A SCIENCE IN THE SOVIET UNION, THE SOCIOLOGY OF CRIME, AND CRIME PREVENTION. SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW IS EXAMINED, INCLUDING THE STRUCTURE AND SOURCES OF CRIMINAL CODES, DIRECT CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, INDIRECT RESPONSIBILITY AND INCHOATE CRIMES, DEFENSES, PUNISHMENT, AND REDUCTION OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PUNISHMENT. THE EXECUTION OF SENTENCES IS DESCRIBED IN GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND THEN AS NONCUSTODIAL AND CUSTODIAL SENTENCES. APPENDIXES COVER THE CONSTITUTION (FUNDAMENTAL LAW) OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, FUNDAMENTALS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE OF THE U.S.S.R. AND THE UNION REPUBLICS, AND FUNDAMENTALS OF CRIMINAL LEGISLATION OF THE U.S.S.R. AND THE UNION REPUBLICS. AN INDEX PROVIDED. (MHP)