Annotation

The article examines the process of formation of the probation institution and its development in the Russian Federation. In order to better understand the features of the functioning of the probation service, foreign experience in the implementation of this area as an element of criminal justice and the prevention of recidivism is analyzed. The emergence of elements of juvenile probation in Russia contributed to the formation of legislative initiatives in the early 2000s, which subsequently contributed to the development of the institution of probation in our country. The authors consider in detail the regulatory legal acts in the field of probation, which are currently applied. Attention is focused on the definitions proposed by the legislator as the main ones. The legal documents of the federal executive body, as well as the departmental acts used, specify certain issues and the specifics of organizing events, work and interaction with probation subjects and persons who have applied to assist them in resocialization, social adaptation and social rehabilitation. Having studied certain issues of law enforcement and the problems faced by the territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service, taking into account the views of modern penitentiary scientists, the authors came to the conclusion that it is advisable to change certain concepts contained in existing legal acts in the field of probation.