Criminological legislation of Ukraine: the state and prospects of development

Abstract

The scientific paper is dedicated to the general characteristics of criminological legislation of Ukraine. There are no integrated scientific researches of criminological legislation in Ukraine. Usually such legislation researches as a part of the crime prevention activity. This fact determines the scientific paper’s urgently.The paper’s goal is to analyze the substantive content of the concept of «criminological legislation», to identify the general features of criminological legislation in Ukraine and to analyze the prospects for its development in our country.The points of view of scientists concerning the content of the concept of criminological legislation are given, its comparison with the branch of legislation is made. It was concluded, that criminological legislation isn’t one of the branches of legislation of Ukraine. It is highlighted, that criminological legislation is a doctrinal concept, which denotes a set of laws and other normative acts that regulate public relations in the field of prophylaxis and prevention of offenses in Ukraine.The features of criminological legislation are: the complex nature, the focus on the implementation of the state's criminological policy and structure organization.The next defects of the criminological legislation have been indicated: the presence of a gap between the theoretical achievements of scientists and their implementation in practice, non-systemic character, instability of norms, gaps. The following perspectives of the development of criminological legislation in Ukraine have been offered: 1) systematization; 2) elimination of contradictions and gaps in the relevant normative acts; 3) implementation in practice theoretically grounded achievements of scientists and best practices of foreign countries in this field; 4) improvement of the practice of application of criminological legislation.