Resocialization of convicts as a penal policy task of Russia: the issue of terminology

Introduction: the article is devoted to the urgent problem of interpreting the concept of "resocialization" of convicts, due to the lack of a unified approach to the essence of this phenomenon. Based on a study of doctrinal sources, initiatives are proposed to distinguish between the concepts of "resocialization" and "social adaptation" and to adjust the concept of "resocialization" as applied to prisoners. Materials and Methods: the regulatory framework was presented by the norms of criminal executive legislation. The study was based on general academic methods of cognition, as well as special methods: comparative legal, logical and legal, systemic and structural. The research materials were doctrinal and legislative sources that touch upon the terminology of the concept of resocialization of convicts. Results: analysis of sources in the field under consideration indicated that resocialization is an extremely broad and ambiguous concept, which has become widespread in various branches of science and requires improvement. Discussion and Conclusions: the author, on the basis of the current legislation and analysis of authoritative opinions of domestic researchers, of the issue under consideration, offers recommendations on introducing a qualitatively new interpretation of the concept of "resocialization" and introducing proposals into the relevant legislative acts.