Environmental crime and influence of socio-economic factors on the development of punishment system

Academy of the Federal penitentiary service of Russian Federation, 1 Sennaya str., Ryazan, 390000, Russian Federation

^* Corresponding author: vladimirsych@yandex.ru

Abstract

The institution of criminal punishment is a part of the statelegal mechanism of coercive influence on the population to stimulate lawabiding behavior and prevent law violation. The history of Russian criminal law contains more than a thousand years of experience in consolidating this institution of criminal law. At different stages of state development, the system of punishments and other measures of a criminal law nature had significant differences due to various socio-economic, political, historical and other factors. Structural analysis of punishment system of Russian state at different stages of its existence indicates that socio-economic factors affecting the state structure and state policy have a huge impact, both on the construction of punishment system and on its direct implementation. In particular, technological development of society, development of transport system, the need for cheap labor during construction, the general level of development of social relations led to the inclusion of new types of punishments in the legislation or changes in those acting under specific socio-economic conditions (reference to remote settlements, use of forced labor prisoners during construction, etc.).