A comparative analysis of suspended sentence statistics in Russian and GERMAN criminal law

The paper deals with the problem of imposing a suspended sentence in terms of statistical indicators in law enforcement practice of Russia and Germany. Suspended sentence models in the criminal law of both countries are comparable and have common historical backgrounds of the Franco-Belgian system of suspended sentence known as sursis. A comparative analysis of the national approaches to the legislative regulation of suspended sentence and statistics of imposing this kind of sentence as a form of criminal responsibility implementation allows one to clarify the value of suspended sentence in the priority system of criminal policy in both countries. The author concludes that within the narrow legislative framework for imposing a suspended sentence stipulated in German criminal law, this penal measure is more typical for Germany when the criminals are sentenced to short terms of imprisonment.