PROBLEMS OF EXPEDIENCY AND FAIRNESS IN THE APPLICATION OF CRIMINAL PENALTIES OF IMPRISONMENT: PEDAGOGICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS Vetoshkin Sergei Alexandrovich, Dr of Pedagogics, Associate Professor. <...> Place of employment: Russian State Professional Pedagogical University. <...> E-mail: ip-vetoshkin@rambler.ru Annotation: In the article the problems of implementation of penal purpose when applied to convicted persons punishment of imprisonment, given the critical analysis of the differentiation of crimes categorized gravity, identified gaps criminal procedural law in the implementation of the principles of justice and humanity, and the election of a sentence of imprisonment. <...> Established criteria for determining the priority of the social danger of the act and the crime category. <...> Proposed changes in criminal, criminal procedure and criminal-executive legislation for the sound application of the penalty of imprisonment. <...> В статье исследованы проблемы реализации целей уголовного наказания при применении к осужденным наказаний в виде лишения свободы, дан критический анализ дифференциации преступлений по категориям тяжести, выявлены пробелы уголовно-процессуального законодательства при реализации принципов справедливости и гуманизма и избрании наказания в виде лишения свободы. <...>