FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH CONVICTS FOR THEIR FURTHER RE-SOCIALIZATION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA LEGISLATION)
Recidivism damages society and the state. The persons, having repeated crimes, did not achieve the goal of correction while serving their sentences in places of detention for the first time. To improve the organization of crime prevention it is necessary, firstly, to study foreign practices and experience in the fight against recidivism, and secondly, to pay more attention to the identity of criminals, situations after their release, their behavior and needs.The article deals with the foreign experience of working with prisoners (on the example of the United States of America and Canada), aimed at their social adaptation and prevention of penitentiary crime. It is assumed that the study of foreign experience can be used in the development and improvement of domestic legislation, which will reduce the percentage of recidivism in Russia.A detailed description of the American program The Minnesota’s Challenge Incarceration Program (CIP) («Challenge to deprivation of liberty»). After using the program, the rate of recidivism among participants has decreased compared to those in the control group for which no preventive measures have been taken. The positive experience of Canada on reintegration of former convicts into society is considered. Based on the analysis of foreign legislation of the United States of America and Canada the following conclusions were made:in order to fight crime and reduce its recidivism it is necessary to adopt programs aimed at the resocialization of former convicts at the state and local level;developers of foreign programs strive to unite the efforts of all members of society, to implement the principles of humanism and a systematic approach;the study of foreign positive experience in the field of social adaptation of convicts can stimulate the search and development of new, non-standard prevention schemes aimed at Russian society, as well as contribute to the creation of a universal scheme for the prevention of recidivism.