Abstract
General national average drug crime rates on which the contemporary criminological theory and practice is based do not adequately reflect regional peculiarities in the field of illicit drug trafficking as they level high quality/quantity parameters in some areas and their lower values in others. Still, consideration of only national totals in organization of crime counteraction leads to incomplete information, neglecting its negative trends in certain areas, thus, causing aberration of the actual drug crime situation and using improper countermeasures. Under such circumstances the state law enforcement agencies do not operate preemptively against the illicit drug trafficking, do not contain in due time outbreaks of drug crime in certain areas- crime donors, and, as a result, the efficiency of steps aimed at drug addiction prevention as well as crime limitation in total becomes substantively deteriorated. Criminological mapping method enables the territorial police divisions to monitor existing criminological situation, inform the public and other law enforcement agencies on trends and locations of drug crime expansion, and reveal the most affected areas to be able to react promptly to crime pattern changes in regions. The application of this method enabled the evident demonstration of the fact that in Ukraine the Eastern and Southern areas were most affected by drug crime, wherein the affection factor in this part is twice higher than general national value.
Highlights
Drug addiction and related drug crimes today are among the most complex and most dangerous social problems of humanity, whose global character is confirmed by many negative facts
Criminological cartography and regional criminological analysis contribute to the effective organization of preventing of illicit drug trafficking, envisaging rational use of forces and means of counteraction in the work of law-enforcement bodies
The essence of criminological cartography lies in the hypothesis of the proposed objective and tasks of the differentiated spatial analysis of drug crimes in accordance with predefined and calculated parameters of the main indicators of this crime depending on the territory of analyzed crimes with the drawing of relevant data on thematic maps [23]
Summary
Drug addiction and related drug crimes today are among the most complex and most dangerous social problems of humanity, whose global character is confirmed by many negative facts. Usage of drugs, production and cultivation of illegal substances and trade affect majority of countries in the world, devastatingly affecting public health, development and security of both industrialized and developing countries [1]. Drug dollars, which are flooding into the most powerful world banks, as evidenced, in particular, by the surmounting the crisis’ paths of the financial world crisis of 2008–2009 [2, 3], deplete the economy of creation and development. The world drug trafficking is about $ 800 billion, which can only be compared with the impact on the world oil and gas economy [4]. Drug trafficking continues to be the most lucrative form of business for criminals worldwide. Drug trafficking flows have global dimensions linking regions and continents [5]. Criminal groups have a high level of organization, as they have good equipment, using the latest information and communication technologies [6]
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