The rules are placed within or out of the criminal rules in different countries. It is possibly placed in parallel with security punishment and penalization.

• 有的国家将非刑罚处罚方法规定在刑罚刑种中,也有的国家将其独立于刑罚之外,还有的国家将其与刑罚、保安处分两者并列规定。