Criminalistics and Crime Prevention (the Concept of Crime Prevention in Criminalistics)

Abstract

Contemporary criminalistics with its theoretical and practical approach and significant furtherance of its methods comply with requests of modern time in combating crime, but at the first place in the field of repressive criminalistics, and partly in crime prevention. It seems that possibilities of crime prevention in criminalistics, are considered and used partly due to fact that some forms of repressive criminalistic procedures also contain preventive elements.

In the work the authors display concept of crime prevention in criminalistics, noticing the methods and means and field of implementation.

Authors as well emphasize need for improvement of this area of criminalistic work and research. Crime prevention in criminalistics as one of the segments of criminalistics science with development of its own cognitions, significant!!/ contributes to integration of research object of criminalistics. Also its cognitions and achievements are undoubtedly important for making some points and undertaking of appropriate activities at other fields of crime prevention, like crime control policy and others.