Kurakin A.V., Kostennikov M.V., Myshlyaev N.P. Legal regulation of the activities of the police in crime prevention in foreign countries

Abstract: The subject of the article contains the legal and organizational problems of the police activities on crime prevention in foreign countries. The object of the article is the circle of social relations connected with the prevention of administrative offences. The authors pay special attention to the forms and methods of activity of the police in prevention of administrative offences in foreign countries. Special attention is paid to the theoretical aspects of this problem. The methodology of the article is based on the modern achievements of epistemology. The authors used the general philosophical, theoretical methods (dialectics, the system method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation), the traditional legal methods, and the methods used in the concrete sociological research. The main conclusions touch upon the improvement of the legislation on administrative offences. The novelty of this paper lies in the fact that it carried out a comprehensive assessment of the activities of the police in the prevention of various offenses and justified the system approach which is appropriate to use in combating crimes and administrative offences. The specific contribution of the article is that it’s made the conclusion that a significant result in ensuring the rule of law and the protection of citizens’ rights from various illegal encroachments can be achieved only on the basis of an integrated approach to crime prevention.

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