The role of divisions of information centers of the system of the MIA of Russia in crime prevention

The article considers the development of information units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs system from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. It describes the value of knowledge obtained and accumulated by the information units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs system from a criminological point of view. At the same time, the authors note the absence of a purpose for using the obtained data (information on the identity of the criminal; identity of the victim; traces of the crime; stolen property, etc.) and crime prevention in the said units. It is noted that the lack of a unified approach to developing crime prevention measures both in the country and in its individual entities does not allow for the effective use of the acquired knowledge. The article indicates that today in the Russian Federation there are various databases containing information on the identities of criminals, identities of victims, traces of crimes, stolen property, real estate, transport, mobile phone numbers, etc., which allow identifying the causes and conditions for committing crimes, however, their use is ineffective due to the lack of specific units engaged in developing crime prevention measures in the Russian Federation and its individual entities. The authors of the article say that it is necessary to pay attention to the specifics of crime in a particular region, area, or locality, on the basis of which a unified crime prevention program in a given area should be developed. When developing a unified crime prevention program in a region, special attention should be paid not only to the actions of special entities aimed at combating crime, but also to the role and tasks of state bodies, local governments, public associations and citizens in implementing these measures. Thus, the crime prevention program will be a “road map” developed by the information units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs with the participation of local governments, taking into account the opinion of residents of a given municipality or subject of the Russian Federation, on the territory of which the implementation of this crime prevention program will be provided, which will certainly contribute to increasing the effectiveness of crime prevention and will allow citizens of the Russian Federation to exercise their right, enshrined in Part 1 of Article 32 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, to their direct participation in managing state affairs - protecting society from criminal encroachments.