ABOUT SOME METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN SPHERE CARRYING OUT OF UKRAINE
The article defines the state and content of research methodology related to the activities of religious organizations in the sphere of execution of punishments, as well as the necessity of activating scientific developments on this issue, taking into account the reforms that are being carried out in the Ukrainian criminal-executive system. the current state of criminal-executive activity in Ukraine suggests that the effectiveness of using the opportunities of these public associations in the correctional and resocialization process of convicts, in particular in places of deprivation of liberty, is rather low and ineffective. Thus, in fact, annually, starting from 1991 to date, sentenced to imprisonment commit from 300 and more crimes and offenses, as well as other adventures (suicide - up to 20 cases, self-inflicted - more than 100, natural death - almost 1 thousand. All this, in the final analysis, has a very negative effect on the state of execution and execution of criminal penalties in Ukraine and acts as one of the determinants, which causes and determines the commission of new crimes, that is, leads in practice to improper fulfillment of one of the key tasks of the Ukrainian criminal-law enforcement (Article 1 of the Criminal Code), namely the prevention of the commission of new criminal offenses by both convicted persons and other persons. In addition, the low level of participation of religious organizations in criminal activities determines the use of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment of convicted persons from the staff of penitentiary organs and institutions, which also refers to one of the precautionary elements of the purpose of punishment (Part 3 of Article 1 of the Criminal Code). Thus, there is a complex applied problem that needs to be solved, including at the scientific level, taking into account the current content of the reforms implemented in the field of execution of punishments in Ukraine and which objectively require scientific support. In science, this problem is not new and is ...