Abstract:

According to Turkish Criminal Code, unless otherwise is provided by the law, imprisonment for definite period may not be less than one month, more than twenty years. The imprisonment for one year or less than a year is considered as short-term imprisonment. Short-term imprisonment may be converted to alternative sanctions according to the personality, social and economic status of the convict, repentance shown by him during the trial period and qualifications of the offense. The punishment of imprisonment for thirty days and less, as well as for a period one year and less, imposed to a person under the age of eighteen or those completed the full age of sixty five on the commission date of the offense, must be converted to one of the alternative sanctions listed in Turkish Criminal Code, unless he/she has no previous conviction. The study is defines the concepts of short-term imprisonment and sanctions precedent for sentence to short-term imprisonment. This study is also focuses on the general principles of the punishment and attempt an analysis of problem areas

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