Theoretical and practical aspects of the criminal sanctioning system of the Republic of Moldova

Abstract

The criminal policy of the Republic of Moldova and the punishment system, the tendencies regarding the criminality and the sanction, the applications of the detention alternatives, as well as the international experience in the domain of criminal policies represent the basic topic of the criminal reform that the Republic of Moldova follows. Essentially, the criminal sanctions are considered to be the coercive consequences that the criminal law binds with the precepts of criminal law violations. The Penal Settlement is inconceivable outside criminal sanctions, that are regulated within one of the three fundamental institutions of criminal law, along with crime and criminal liability. Within the criminal constraint mechanism the sanction appears as an inevitable consequence of criminal liability and the criminal liability as a necessary consequence of the offense. The primary purpose of all criminal sanctions is to defend the society against criminals and to prevent the committment of new crimes, as by those who apply, as well as by the others.