Anti-criminal policy: moral foundations

Abstract

The low effectiveness of traditional power options for solving the problem of crime determines the need to search for a broader state approach, to develop the foundations of a holistic anti-criminal policy. The purpose of this study is to determine the methodological and moral foundations of state influence on crime. In the author's approach, criminal policy is presented as an important, but still not the main, but a subordinate element of anti-criminal policy. The aspect is studied, in particular, related to the spiritual and moral content of the policy in the field of combating crime: the impact on crime should have a moral dimension, the means of countering it should be moral, and the effectiveness is determined, among other things, by the degree of moral impact on the consciousness of citizens - both those who have violated the criminal law and all others, including victims. The moral "price" of the impact on crime, the punishment system and its individual types should also be of great importance. The author comes to the conclusion that not only Russian, but also foreign policy in the field of combating crime should change radically, turn towards the full promotion of harmonization of public life, eliminating the causes of conflicts, reducing the severity of social contrasts, ensuring a balance of interests of the individual, society and the state, social solidarity. The trends taking place in anti-criminal policy today can have negative, including moral, consequences both for the country as a whole and for each individual citizen. The task of criminologists is to see possible criminal consequences and warn society about their threat.