Criminal World Research Articles

Specific Issues Related to Countermeasures Against Technology of Using Cryptocurrency for Unlawful Purposes

In this article are described problems of legislative regulation in the sphere of cryptocurrency turnover in the Russian Federation, demonstrated the need of development and improvement of counteracting methods against technology of using cryptocurrency for unlawful purposes. By analyzing means of committing crimes with use of cryptocurrencies in the criminal world, it is concluded about small scale of criminal business, which is based on new for criminals virtual currency. It is noted that technologies of committing crimes with use of cryptocurrencies are steadily evolving, which create new challenges for law enforcers. Enhancing the effectiveness of countermeasures against technology of using cryptocurrency for unlawful purposes requires an international legal regulation, cooperation of law enforcers at supranational level.

COMPETENCE OF THE NATIONAL POLICE IN THE FIELD OF SOCIALIZATION OF CHILD OFFENDERS

The top priority of a legal social democratic state is to ensure human rights and freedoms. Children and young people constitute a segment of the population that, for objective reasons, is most vulnerable to social problems, and therefore they require special remedies by civil society and the state. Moreover, it should be emphasized that all categories of children and young people, including those in conflict with the law, require special attention. Probably, there are certain social patterns that contribute to the growth of social deviance of minors. The rise in deviance among minors is, first and foremost, the result of “social outsiderism”, when young people and children find themselves outside the existing society and being pushed out of it. This is a result of the disruption of normal socialization that is now of a natural nature. Nowadays, society is losing the system of social control over the process of becoming a younger generation. Institutions of socialization, such as family, school, children and youth organizations, are losing their value and some are disappearing altogether. The process of socialization of adolescents is becoming increasingly negative in nature, and youth are more exposed to the criminal world than to the values of civil society institutions. Absence of a complete socialization environment in society, alienation of adolescents from the main spheres of positive life activity – family, educational institution, labor collective, entertaining institutions – are the factors that guide minors to commit crimes. The National police have an important role in crime prevention, in social protection of children, legal education, socialization and integration of child offenders into society, therefore the competence of the National police as well as and the competency of employees involved in working with child offenders play a vital role and is a necessary part of their professional activities in the performance of their duties. However, the existence of various scientific approaches to the concept and content of the “competence” and a lack of consensus on its definition make it necessary to develop a unified approach to the interpretation of the term competence. The article describes various approaches to the determination of the essence of competence, gives the definition of the term competence. The article also analyzes the legal acts regulating the activities of the National police, defines itscompetence in the field of socialization of child offenders.

АСПЕКТЫ КРИМИНОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ НАСИЛЬСТВЕННОЙ ПРЕСТУПНОСТИ НЕСОВЕРШЕННОЛЕТНИХ И НЕКОТОРЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ ЕЁ ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЯ

Работа посвящена основным аспектам насильственной преступности несовершеннолетних, среди которых авторы выделяют семейно-бытовое насилие как фактор совершения преступления, а также психологическое воздействие как форму принуждения и завершают статью профилактикой совершения подростком преступлений. Важнейшей целью предупреждения преступления является социальная защита наиболее уязвимых групп населения. Особенность затрагиваемой проблемы заключается в том, что несовершеннолетние и являются одной из уязвимых групп населения, так как они подвержены психологическому воздействию со стороны представителей криминального мира. Проблема осложняется тем, что неблагоприятная ситуация в семье порождает бытовое насилие, при этом оно закладывает черты насилия у ребенка или подростка, так как личностные особенности в основном формируются у несовершеннолетних, что позволяет криминальному миру без особых стараний повлиять на ребенка. Психологическое воздействие как форма принуждения может выражаться разными способами. Авторы указывают на такой способ, как гипноз. Нет сомнений, что чаще всего он используется при хищении имущества, но гипнологи считают, что с помощью гипноза можно запрограммировать человека на любой вид преступления. Авторы же говорят о гипнозе не как о влиянии личности на несовершеннолетнего, а как об обыденной жизни несовершеннолетнего, воспитывающегося под влиянием безраздельного потока информации из СМИ, сети Интернет, мобильной связи, позволяющей доносить большие объемы негативной информации до несовершеннолетнего (подсознательное внушение). В качестве профилактики совершения подростками преступлений в статье указываются такие формы, как трудоустройство и направление в специальные общеобразовательные организации. Обращается внимания на международный опыт и на действия сотрудников ОВД.

“Omerta” in Organized Sport: Bullying and Harassment as Determinants of Threats of Social Sustainability at the Individual Level

The interpretation of the evolutionary theory prevailing in sport, based on the approach that the strongest survive, varies with the rules inherent in the criminal world, forbidding to “take out” negative information about interrelationships, in this case, outside the team or group. Such traditionally established culture puts pressure on athletes to suffer from bullying and follow the “silence law”. In the long run, this turns into a precondition for unsafe environment for athletes, which, due to negative consequences for the individual, can be identified as threats to social sustainability at the individual level. Such a situation is also indirectly approved by the heads and coaches of organizations. The latter, who lack competencies to resolve conflict situations, are left to solve arising problems on their own and do not receive any support from the management of organizations. Therefore, the aim of this research is to reveal the factors determining the specificity, emergence, and development of bullying and harassment in sport as threats to social sustainability at the individual level. The research was conducted using a semi-structured interview method with eight coaches representing team, individual, and duel sport branches. Inductive content analysis served as the basis for the data analysis. Research results disclosed factors determining the specificity of emergence of bullying and harassment in sport and hindering the entrenchment of social sustainability in sport at the individual level. The results revealed the euphemisms distinguished by coaches, which, in sport, have a positive connotation, such as “combativeness” and “sports anger” instead of the term “aggression”. It was identified that coaches named aggressors as “harder players”, “confident players”, “active persons”, “players-torpedoes”, “emotional players”, and “competitive players”. Sports competition is justified in various forms. The emergence of bullying and harassment is grounded on “mastery differences”, it is stated that abusive actions are experienced by “physically weak” players, while physical actions used by athletes are called “mischief”; verbal actions are “raillery”. In addition, inadequate preparation of Lithuanian coaches to respond to bullying and harassment in their trained teams or groups on time and appropriately was identified. It turned out that sports organizations are not particularly interested in organizing trainings for prevention of destructive interrelations and intervention. Such kind of in-service training is left to the coach’s initiative.

The Lexicographic Problems of Compiling Argot Dictionaries

The article argues for the need to compile a new fundamental argotic dictionary on a scientific basis. Using the comparative and historical method, the paper provides the criticism of the previous lexicons reflecting the language of the criminal world. With respect to the mistakes and inaccuracies made by compilers of the available dictionaries, the author develops the principles of lexicographic representation of the Russian argot, determines the sources of the language material included in the dictionary (folklore, old Russian literature, speech of modern representatives of the criminal subculture), proposes criteria and methods of the qualifying a lexical unit as argot. The article describes the new dictionary structure that reflects complex characteristics of its constituent units (a headword with stress, reference articles, meaning interpretation, context of use, phraseological units, grammatical characteristics, etymology). It also identifies tendencies of the modern Russian argot evolution caused by the influence of changes in the Russian society in general and in the criminal world in particular, as well as the reasons for penetrating argot in the spoken language and media texts. Besides, the paper shows the possibilities of using the new qualitative linguistic dictionary to study the linguistic picture of the world of argot speakers, to form an objective evaluation of this phenomenon and to improve the speech culture of Russian society.

NOTION, TENDENCIES, MILESTONES, PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINALISTICS

Criminalistics is, in essence, mainly a practical and – to a smaller extent – theoretical science of criminal investigation, in other words, it is a branch of criminal sciences that explores, creates, systemizes and applies – within normative legal frames – means and methods for the detection (prevention) and proving of crime. Apart from the supplementary role of the effective – indirect and direct – prevention of crime, its basic functions comprise detection, obtaining as much and as reliable evidence as possible, providing a basis for and ensuring the ultimate establishment of criminal responsibility by the court. In summary, criminalistics is the science of the effective and professional investigation of crime. The study shows the criminalistics’ continental and common law notion, contacts with other criminal and non criminal disciplines and actual world tendencies and the most important six theoretical principles. The author writes about the historical milestones of the development of criminalistics as a fact science. All of them would be useful for the specialist, explorer, data collector, the efficient law enforcer, who undertakes risks and dangers, faces continual challenges, the “great fighter” on the real and virtual battlefields that seem unremittingly infinite, where he/she has really only one weapon in his/her hands: criminalistics as an “international treasure”.

Keeping It in the Family: Intersectionality and ‘Class A’ Drug Dealing by Females in the West of Scotland

Post-industrial urban landscapes connected with neo-liberalism may provide novel opportunities for the emancipation of working-class women who were traditionally, like women of other social classes, largely subjugated to men socially and economically in the period of collective male-led unionization and manufacturing. Based on qualitative data, our interpretative study locates itself in an international field of criminality and illuminates the criminal practices of women connected with the criminal world of illicit drugs. Our contribution extends this field of scholarship into the culture of the West of Scotland. We identify through an intersectional sensibility of ‘doing femininity’ on the street and the nexus of a familial domicile, the ways in which women’s agency remains restricted, contrary to an emancipation argument. We conclude that their ‘liberation’ is negatively truncated for two reasons: firstly, criminality necessarily distorts freedoms and secondly, subtle ties with an overarching violent masculinity were retained.

К вопросу о распространении идеологии преступного мира среди молодѐжи (на примере А.У.Е)

К вопросу о распространении идеологии преступного мира среди молодѐжи (на примере А.У.Е)

Заманауи Ресейдегі мемлекет және дін

The authors search at the common and specific features of the relations between the state and religion in Russia. They offers his opinion on the religious situation in RF and in the north Caucasus region of RF, as well as in the describes how religion is used for purposes society and state.  Authors consider the peculiarities of relations between state and religion in modern Russia. Describes the role of religion in the social and political life of Russia in the interests of society and the state, for the sake of stability and harmony of religion. It gives in opinion on religious situation in Russia. In the spiritual life of the society, there is a clear state support for religious culture and traditions. The role of religious diplomacy is growing in the system of international relations during the process of globalization. Religious and religious figures have their own place in the foreign policy of the far-flung countries and in international relations. In modern Russia, the relationship between the state and religion is realized on a secular basis. In Russia, religious and religious consciousness reflects national spirituality and commitment to tradition. The state pays special attention to determining the social functions of traditional religions in the life of the society, especially the Orthodox cultural tradition. Orthodox priests traditionally exterminate spaceships and military equipment and encourage significant public events. Modernization of church consciousness and active participation of Orthodoxy in contemporary social and political life are observed in Russia. Important aspects of the state and religion relations in the country: freedom of conscience, the spread of new religious movements and occult mystic teachings, improvement of mechanisms of external religious influence, religious fanaticism, active participation of clerics in social and political life, religious and nationalism the rise of the religious background of the national consciousness, the rise of influence of Orthodox values 0on social and political life, the connection of religious extremism with the criminal world, religious extremism in the regions, the increased influence of clerics on the formation of public opinion.

Specificity of professional self-actuating of the employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine

The specifics of professional activity of the employees of the State Penitentiary Service (SPS) of Ukraine have been revealed; and the definition of personal and professional self-actuating of the employees of SPS of Ukraine has been offered.
 The forms (objectively and internally professional) and features of professional self-actuating of the employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine have been determined. Internally professional features of professional self-actuating of the employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine include: the need for professional development; availability of the project of own professional development; prevailing satisfaction with their own professional achievements; constant setting of new professional goals; formation of the own “life-professional environment”. Objectively professional features of professional self-actuating have been called: achievement of the set professional goals; recognition of specialist achievements by a professional community; use of professional experience and achievements by other specialists; disclosure of personal potential and abilities in the profession; manifestation of high level of creativity in professional activity. The factors of professional self-actuating of the employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine have been characterized. It is: the level of satisfaction with the content of the own professional activities; degree of satisfaction with the own profession and work; satisfaction with the own social status.
 The main technological approaches to psycho-physiological provision of professional self-actuating of the employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine have been considered. It has been noted that the professional self-actuating of the employees of the State Penitentiary service of Ukraine plays an important role in their professional activity. Such areas of influence are: increase in the efficiency of professional activities (indicators are improved); prevention and neutralization of negative mental states (aggression, anxiety, etc.); prevention of conflict behavior (conflicts with convicts, with colleagues); prevention of emotional burnout (occurs in case of prolonged impact of the criminal world); prevention of professional deformation (negative personality changes leading to appropriate behavior of employees); prevention of deviant behavior (offenses involving the penitentiary staff), etc.

Obraz przestępcy w prozie Sergiusza Piaseckiego

Twenty years of personal experience in crime-related field that furthermore inspiredreflection on the reasons of crime made a Polish writer, Sergiusz Piasecki, interestingfor forensic sciences. His life started with a turbulent and difficult childhood, hematured among the turmoil of the Soviet Revolution and joined the guerrillas fightingBolsheviks, finally to graduate from the School of Infantry Cadets in Warsaw and beassigned to the Lithuanian-Belarusian Division in Vilnius. After the Bolshevik War,being a decommissioned soldier, Piasecki painfully experienced life in poverty. Thiswas when he began to earn his sustenance by smuggling. He later entered a few-yearlongcooperation with the 2nd Division of the High Command of the Polish Army andbecame an intelligence agent. In 1926, being unemployed again, he robbed a suburbantrain. In accordance with the law in force, the summary court sentenced him to death.However, the President of the Republic Ignacy Mościcki pardoned Pia secki, exchangingthe penalty to 15 years in prison. Piasecki served 11 years of his sentence in the prisonsof Lida, Nowogodek, Rawicz, Mokotow, Koronowo, and finally in the toughest prisonof the Second Republic – at Świety Krzyz (the Holy Cross) near Kielce. The 20 yearsfrom 1917 to 1937 were the period decisive for the writing realism and thoroughnessof descriptions of the criminal world and presented protagonists, as well as analysesof psychological and social circumstances that lead individuals to the path of crime.Beginning with Piasecki’s first published book Kochanek Wielkiej Niedźwiedzicy (Lover of the Greater Bear, aka Lover of the Ursa Major) whose author enjoyed a quite uniquestatus of criminal prisoner, and which presented the facts of life of smugglers onthe Polish-Soviet fringe in 1922–1924, the precious study of the criminal world wascontinued in the trilogy Jabluszko, Spojrze ja w okno, and Nikt nie da nam zbawienia(Apple, Shall I Look into the Window, and No One is to Redeem us). In Żywot czlowiekarozbrojonego (Life of the Human Disarmed), the protagonist moves through all the levelsof conflict with the law, and the reader follows the process of his reflections to becomefamiliar with the impact of the external world on the dramatic choices made.The work of Piasecki follows the current of prose keen on social environmentof the 1930s, based on authenticity and autobiographic experience, and whose cog -nitive values result among others from the personal involvement of the author, whocorroborates knowledge based on experience and direct contact. It is a specific typeof participatory observation: a method of researching criminal phenomena wherethe observer is part of the criminal world.The goal of the writer, which he actually frequently emphasised, was the eagernessto share the knowledge on criminals with the society, with the provision thatthe criminal world he portrayed was multidimensional rather than just a separate,specific social group, standing out from among the “normal” people. He also paidspecial attention to the life’s circumstances that can “make” anyone a criminal. It is alsocharacteristic of Piasecki to juxtapose criminals against people who are “mechanically”honest. In examining the writer’s views on crime, such a ploy demolishes the positivistdivision of the society into criminals and decent people. Honest by default, manya decent citizen proves to be a bad man. On the other hand, many derailed outcastsfrom the society are in fact good and truly honest. Some stories presented by Piaseckiare quite precise illustrations of theories in the crime sciences. In his descriptionsof the demimonde of the Minsk thieves, Piasecki described them in terms very closeto those presented by Edward Sutherland in The Professional Thief, a book writtenby a professional thief with Sutherland’s sociological commentary.The history of literature knows many writers whose works were based on the introspectionof their respective authors, and whose content allows delving into the socialreality of a given time and an insightful analysis of criminal personalities, as well as anattempt at defining the factors that influence criminal behaviours. Such a knowledgeof the human/the criminal is especially well articulated in realistic prose (Balzac,Zola, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Marquez, Remarque, Piasecki, Nachalnik, Wiskowski, Mironowicz).Certainly, the belles-lettres play a special role in this context, providinga source of knowledge, especially if by the virtue of the vicissitudes of his or her life andthoughts the author can convey information helpful in explaining and understanding the assessment of the phenomena investigated by criminal sciences.

Между цыганами и ромами: стереотипы и дискриминация в украинских интернет-СМИ

The purpose of this article is to define the features of discrimination against the Roma people in the Ukrainian online newspapers illustrated by the case of one news break –Loschynivka village (Odessa region, Ukraine) decided to forcibly evict Roma people from the village, before that there were destruction of the Roma homes by the local population. The necessity of such work was entailed by frequent use of hate speech and discrimination of the Roma community in Ukraine. This problem is particularly acute in the western region, home to most of the Roma. Special attention is paid to methods of media manipulation and their implementation. A sample of online newspaper articles, dedicated to this case, was made and titles were analyzed. We can say that rejection of the exonym of Gypsies in favor of ethnonym Roma is indicator of positive changes at the language level. Despite this, the Internet media depict the Roma primarily as representatives of the criminal world: thieves, killers, drug dealers. Generalization of negative features from representatives of the group leads to the criminalization of the entire nationality. Such news are of an evaluative character, journalists exploit the fears of people to become victims of a crime. Sometimes such suggestions occur through the use of selective opinions contained within Facebook leaders’ posts. Some representative feedback under the articles has been also analyzed. Consideration of the online newspapers in terms of hate speech and ethnic stereotypes functioning can be an effective way to formulate linguistic expertise criteria and implementation of language of tolerance.

Отношение к пребыванию бездомных в общественном пространстве: теоретические аспекты социологического изучения

The number of homeless people is increasing in many countries in recent years. The homelessness is recognized as a global social problem, but some of its facets have been studied inappropriately, in particular, the link between the growth of homelessness in the developed countries of the world and the privatization of public space conducted by the urban government and local business community. This paper deals with the examination of the above-mentioned problem. The author analyzed the results of the sociological study of public spaces available for homeless people and preferred by them, the attitude of homeless people to these spaces, the policies pursued by the urban authorities in relation to the stay of homeless people in public space. The author drew the following conclusions. The desire to limit homelessness in public areas is a part of the overall change in the public space management taking place in the interests of business and government rather than society. The harassment and stigma of homelessness indicate that the use of public space in private interests is condemned if lower social classes are involved. Representations about the relationship of homeless people with the criminal world are largely unreasonable. Their wide dissemination protects public opinion from the critical reaction to crimes committed against homeless people.

أسباب الإرهاب الإلكتروني وآثاره وكيفية معالجته من منظور إسلامي ودولي

There is no doubt that one of the most conspicuous manifestations of terrorism in this present era is the drastic danger of terrorism in the developed world. One of the new and modern forms of terrorism is the cyber terrorism. The world is progressing and developing by means of communication and modern technology. Cyber terrorism has become a major threat to the security and stability of countries throughout the world. There is a strong link between technology, modern communications and terrorism. This link is the direct result of a gaps in information security along with the absence of social and religious enlightenments. This is a direct result of the lack of experience and the development of technologies and digital technologies on the one hand and the failure to teach the true Islam on the other. In the present era, the emergence of a new criminal world is via cyber terrorism. The easiness of using technology and facilitating communication between terrorist groups, the methods of persuasion and the development of advanced terrorist methods have even made this threat more serious regarding its danger. All of the above issues the definition of the concept of cyber terrorism, the reasons and causes of its occurrence and the remedy methods all are the focus of this research paper.

Fines vs. Prison in the World of White Collar Criminals

The paper deals with efficiency of prison term over fines in criminal sanctions given in white collar crimes like price fixing, tax evasion, securities fraud and bribery. The amount of fine depends on the level of income, and ability to pay of the individual. The essence of selecting white collar criminals is that these criminals have ability to pay and proving the assumption wrong that fines are always efficient in deterring criminals. The efficiency of prison term s established as the loss of income and reputation of the white collar criminals has more effect than fines. The paper also takes into consideration enforcement cost involved in detecting such crimes and enforcing the legal sanctions.

Moral and psychological features of criminal’s personality, who is an immigrant in Ukraine

One of dangers of the immigration process in Ukraine is the crime rate’s increasing. As usual, immigrants have different, than residents, both appearance and moral features. That’s why researching moral and psychological features of criminal’s personality, who is an immigrant in Ukraine, will further create an integrated «portrait» of this type of criminals for developing well founded crime prevention measures. The goal of the article is to describe moral and psychological aspects of criminological characteristics of the criminal’s personality, who is an immigrant in Ukraine (with a status of a foreigner or a stateless person). Based on an empirical study and results of a survey of law enforcement officials the author also tried to establish a connection between person’s nationality and a kind of committed crime.The complexity of scientific researching of moral and psychological features of a person lies in the fact that such features are deeply ingenerate and subjective. Criminologists says, that a person’s behavior choice depends on world view and moral principles, because every choice take precedence of want, motive and aim of activity, which are based on a person’s social ideal. This ideal is determined by current culture, civilization’s character and person’s capability to understand human’s being meaning. In the article the author paid attention to ethnopsychological peculiarities of criminals of different nations, type of their mentality and the problem of immigrants’ self-identification in admitting state. The conclusions of research are: 1) criminologists can’t totally deny or corroborate the inclination of some nationalities to commit certain crimes. More often the choice of type of committing crime depends on criminal «niche» in the criminal world, which is occupied of defined nations;2) the marginality as a feature of criminal’s personality, who is an immigrant in Ukraine, characterizes two main aspects, which can influence on criminal’s forming: the problem of immigrants’ self-identification in admitting state and identification with a criminal groups, composed on the nationality’s base.

Building a Professional Profile: Charles Dickens and the Rise of the “Detective Force”

Building a Professional Profile: Charles Dickens and the Rise of the “Detective Force”

The detection and policing of gun crime: Challenges to the effective policing of gun crime in Europe

Despite a shared understanding across the European Union (EU) that access to firearms by the general public should be restricted, detailed legislation regarding the ownership, use and trade of firearms varies between EU member states. It is unclear, however, how such variations impact on the policing of gun-enabled crime. By using qualitative data generated from interviews with police, policy and decision makers from 13 European countries, we aim to determine how stakeholders perceive that national variations in firearms legislation affect the policing of gun-enabled crime within and across EU countries. Four main themes were identified from the qualitative data: disparities in legislation, disparities in the priority given and the resources allocated to investigations into gun-enabled crime, as well as interventions. Owing to the aforementioned disparities, cross-national investigations into incidents of gun crime are at risk of remaining impaired in their effectiveness. Therefore, more legislative coherency as well as sustainable long-term interventions will be needed to successfully reduce ownership and use of firearms in the criminal world. In this context, a departure from an exclusive use of an economic model of gun crime is recommended to allow for a better understanding of the dynamics of the black gun market.

The Question of Popularization of Criminal Subculture Among the Youth

The article deals with one of the most popular modern destructive youth subcultures - criminal subculture, which in recent years gained popularity under the acronym "A. U. E." among the Russian youth, from the position for the necessity to amend domestic legislation to prevent its further dissemination. Particular emphasis is given to the question of popularization of criminal subcultures among young people and the involvement of individual members in criminal activities via the Internet, which requires new approaches to the development of preventive measures in respect of the phenomenon in question. The authors explore the methods for the spread of the subculture promoting criminal lifestyle, through modern technology, information resources, covering huge audience and requiring minimal time and financial investments to get a maximum destructive effect, as well as the process of involving young people in its system of values, promoting traditions, customs and beliefs of the criminal world.

PROSTITUTION: CHOOSE EFFECTIVE MODEL OF STATE REGULATION

Urgency of the research. For many years, prostitution remains in the focus of economists, sociologists, criminologists and public figures. The need for state regulation of prostitution is due to many factors: participants' motivation, outreach to the criminal world. Target setting. in the world practice, three main models of state regulation of prostitution are used. The efficiency of the prostitution state adjustment depends on the chosen model. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The works by R. Weitzer, H. Wagenaar, S. Altink, A. Schloenhardt have been devoted to the research and comparative analysis of various models for state regulation of prostitution. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. The study of practical aspects in applying particular models of state regulation of prostitution requires additional research. The research objective. The purpose of the article is to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of applying the models of state regulation of prostitution. The statement of basic materials. The article examines the main models of state regulation of prostitution in the world. On the example of countries with different levels of development, legal, economic and social aspects of prostitution are considered. Based on the analysis of statistical data and the study of expert evaluations, the efficiency of regulatory measures has been identified. The results of the research carried out have shown a generally low effectiveness of the prohibition (criminalization) model of prostitution and mixed (Swedish) model. Conclusions. The results of the research indicate that legal prostitution is not a catalyst for destructive processes in the society. The following thesis has been substantiated that the choice of a model of prostitution legalization is more in line with the needs of modern society.