Abstract: The subject of the study is the provisions of the current criminal procedure legislation, the norms governing fingerprint registration, investigative, judicial and expert practice aimed at collecting, researching, storing and processing evidentiary information. The author sets the tasks to determine the main directions for further improvement of the collection, research of fingerprint information, its accounting in the context of digital transformation taking place in society. The paper considers available and promising technologies, methods and techniques in the field of forensic fingerprinting. The legal aspects of the use of fingerprinting in the practice of combating crime have been studied. The problems in the field of legal regulation of biometric registration, technical and forensic support for the activities of law enforcement agencies in the field of collecting, researching and evaluating fingerprint evidence information are identified and ways to resolve them are proposed. The research methodology includes the following methods: observations, comparisons, descriptions, experiments, as well as special technical and forensic methods. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that the author has identified promising areas for further development of forensic fingerprinting in the context of digital transformation of society. The author presents them through the prism of consistent and interrelated directions – collection, research, accounting and use of information. When collecting, attention is drawn to the possibilities of expert light sources, digital detection technologies, recording of trace information, and its verification by accounting. A legal justification of this activity is being carried out, new complexes of forensic tools such as smart cameras are being proposed. At the stage of fingerprint information research, the author draws attention to modern and promising techniques and technical means. Particular importance is attached to the prospects of research on micro-signatures, further diagnostic studies, as well as the development of specialized software and hardware complexes aimed at solving these tasks. During registration, the author draws attention to the need to take into account biometric parameters within a single system.

Abstract: The object of the study is public relations in the field of the use of genetic technologies and their impact on human and civil rights and freedoms, ensuring the security of society and the state. The subject of the study is the provisions of international law, the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field under consideration, the norms of Russian and international law in the field of criminal law protection of relations that may be jeopardized by the use of genomic technologies. The authors draw attention to the fact that the existing legal system does not fully solve the tasks of ensuring the security of human and civil rights and freedoms, society, the state, environmental protection from dangerous encroachments using advances in the field of genetics. The results of the study are based on formal logical and general scientific methods of scientific cognition, a systematic approach. In addition, private scientific methods: formal legal, comparative legal method of legal interpretation. The main conclusions of the study are the following provisions. Potential threats that pose a danger to human life and health, ensuring the safety of society and the environment have been identified. Potential risks may arise in the field of human genetic research, genome editing technologies of various organisms, illegal collection and use of genetic information about a person, the threat of the development and use of genetic weapons as a type of biological weapon, in the field of regulating the activities of DNA laboratories, the use of genetic material for cloning and the use of human embryonic material. As a solution, it is proposed to use the positive foreign experience indicated in the work, the ideas of domestic authors and also the author's proposals for improving the legal regulation of the sphere in question.
The novelty of the study lies in the fact that actual and potential risks are identified that pose a serious danger not only to individuals, but also to society as a whole. Legal solutions for their elimination are proposed.

Abstract: The object of this research is the social relations in the area of execution of criminal sentences not related to isolation of prisoners from society. The subject of this research is the norms of criminal and penal law regulating the types of criminal sentences and procedure of serving  them. Attention is turned to the fact that the current system does not fully resolve the goals of the correction of convicts, prevention of commission of new crimes by them, as well as restoration of social justice. It is necessary to make the system more logical, eliminate duplication of separate types of punishments, and improve their organization and execution. The scientific novelty of this study consists in determination of the problems in the legal regulation and law enforcement practice in execution of punishments unrelated to isolation of inmates from society. The research particularly reveals duplication of types of punishments with regards to incarceration and irrationality of their structure within the system of punishment depending on the punitive effect. The author proposes making an accent on the execution of punishment in form of fines and mandatory community service as the main types, and incarceration as an additional form of punishment.

Abstract: The object of this research is the social relations in the area of execution of criminal sentences not related to isolation of prisoners from society. The subject of this research is the norms of criminal and penal law regulating the types of criminal sentences and procedure of serving  them. Attention is turned to the fact that the current system does not fully resolve the goals of the correction of convicts, prevention of commission of new crimes by them, as well as restoration of social justice. It is necessary to make the system more logical, eliminate duplication of separate types of punishments, and improve their organization and execution. The scientific novelty of this study consists in determination of the problems in the legal regulation and law enforcement practice in execution of punishments unrelated to isolation of inmates from society. The research particularly reveals duplication of types of punishments with regards to incarceration and irrationality of their structure within the system of punishment depending on the punitive effect. The author proposes making an accent on the execution of punishment in form of fines and mandatory community service as the main types, and incarceration as an additional form of punishment.

Abstract: The object of this research is the social relations in the area of firearms trafficking. The subject of this research is the legal norms regulating the order of acquisition, possession, carrying of arms, as well as criminal responsibility for the illegal arms trafficking. The author gives attention to how the information technologies change the methods of committing crimes. The article underlines the danger produced by information through the Internet upon the young generation, which substantiates the commitment of firearms-related crimes. The author also points at the gaps in legislation that allow acquiring firearms for criminal purposes. The scientific novelty consists in examination of the questions of illegal arms trafficking using the Internet, particularly, the recently emerged new methods of committing such crimes, which did not receive due coverage in the scientific literature; as well as identification of the gaps in statutory regulation. The author makes recommendations on the improvement of regulation, and implementation of state policy with regards to crime prevention in the are of illegal arms trafficking.