Assessment of Risk of Committing New Offences as Determinant of
Prisoner Classification

Olena V. Haltsova1, Maksym Yu. Kutiepov2, Volodymyr V. Mokliak3, Nataliia V. Smetanina4 & Anatolii F. Stepaniuk5

Abstract
The main purpose of this article is to hold an independent study of some international regulatory initiatives concerning the mechanism of assessment of the risk of committing new offences and the main area of up-to-date legal regulation of classification of convicts and assessment of the risk of committing new offences by convicts in Ukraine. The chosen research subject involved the application of the comparative law approach as the main method, combined with a number of general scientific (dialectical, historical, systemic, statistical) and specific scientific (formal law, specific sociological) cognition methods. The conclusion drawn by the author allowed to form a conceptual understanding of the assessment of the risks of
committing new offences as a determinant of the classification of convicts. A brief overview of the implementation and evolution of this regulation obviously demonstrates that Ukraine tries to look up to borrowed progressive approaches to the work with convicts and, in particular, it introduces a system of assessment of risk and needs of convicts using automated conclusion algorithms to reduce recidivism and new crimes. The relevant legal mechanisms proposed by scientists can be implemented in the legislation of Ukraine regulating the procedure of assessment of the risks of committing new offences by convicts.

Keywords: Correctional facilities, Reclassification, Penal law, Discretionary restrictions, Legislation