The penitentiary ideas of the English Enlighteners: William Paley and Samuel Romilly
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The article identifies and analyzes the ideas and views of English educators William Paley and Samuel Romilly on penal policy reform, the goals and system of punishment, defines the place of imprisonment and the regime foundations of its implementation in the concepts of these authors.
Paley's ideas on sentencing, the need to attract criminals to work for rehabilitation and further return to society, the role of the state and public authorities in crime prevention and resocialization of criminals at one time were progressive, which later led to their gradual introduction into prison practice. His views became the basis for scientific research in the direction of the penitentiary idea of punishment and reform in this area.
Samuel Romilli can be considered one of the founders of the theoretical concept of social crime prevention as the main goal of humanizing punishment. Through the theoretical works of the Enlighteners, the idea of correction in the theory of punishment acquired clearer features and practical orientation. They managed to fill the concept of punishment with elements reflecting its social content and thereby link it to the problems of social development, state criminal policy and the state of prisons.
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