Scientific School as a Subject of Developing Criminological Policy

The development of crime and the emergence of new criminal threats make it necessary to involve new subjects of prevention into the sphere of crime counteraction. The influence of technological progress on the character and degree of the society’s criminalization determines a need for a large-scale involvement of modern scientists, primarily, those with a knowledge of criminology, not only in the development and implementation of practical measures of crime counteraction, but also in the formation of criminological policy. It is shown that scientific schools should be singled out as one of the subjects of developing criminal policy and counteracting crime. It is the representatives of criminological science who are capable of forming the criminological policy of the state and of contributing to its implementation through the organization, coordination and practical work of counteracting crime. The authors examine the role of a scientific school as a subject of developing criminological policy and counteracting crime. This role is based on the fact that, by producing new criminological knowledge on the basis of existing research and practical experience, as well as creative innovative potential, the criminological scientific school is making a considerable contribution to the enrichment of criminological science and practice, it offers to the community of practical specialists model problems and solutions in the sphere under consideration, trains research personnel, including both working and future practical specialists, popularizes scientific knowledge as a methodological basis of practical work in the sphere of crime counteraction.