To the issue of application of non-custodial sentence

The reform carried out in the penal system is primarily aimed at coinciding it according to international standards, provision of legal rights and interests of convicted during the process of being punished. In particular, the punishment, alternative to real custodial, goes on developing, as it is inappropriate to apply custody to the convicted, who committed crimes of small and average harm for the first time. The article is devoted to the issues of application of the non-custodial sentence. Trends and dynamics of ordering by courts the criminal sentence, generally unrelated to isolation of the individual from the society are considered, as well as what consequences and what problems may arise in the light of achievement the objectives of criminal penalties. The author refers to the regional statistics (Buryatia, Zabaykalsky Krai).