Changes in the system of public relationships determine the necessity of creating a crime prevention model that would take into consideration the specific features of social interaction in modern conditions. A key element of such a model is social control, whose subjects could be both state and private law enforcement bodies and representatives of civil society. However, there is a diversity in how different researchers understand the essence of social control, and the existing models are somewhat eclectic and not easily adjusted to changes, which could affect their effectiveness. The authors single out three key factors that should be taken into account when choosing the strategy of state policy in the sphere under consideration. The authors also prove that it is necessary to strike a balance between parental control and creating a space for self-development because self-identification and development of personal responsibility for one’s decisions are obligatory factors of socialization. It is noted that the effectiveness of the selected model of crime prevention depends on the integration of all objective and subjective factors that determine delinquent behavior in the system of social control. The transition from the positivist to the post-modernist model of crime counteraction is accompanied by numerous crises and conflicts of mental attitudes, which is typical for any global social transformation. The problems emerging in this connection in the post-Soviet states include the resilient dominance of the paternalist model of the state, the denial of personal social responsibility in exchange for security guaranteed by the state, which leads to a passive attitude of some part of the society and a low level of reflection on one’s place and role in the system of delinquent behavior’s prevention. The authors formulate key tasks of transforming the existing models of social control as directions of crime prevention.
The purpose authors of this article aim to analyze the scientific literature on understanding the concept of “administrative and legal provision of civil rights”, its structural components and on this basis to offer our own view in regard to this administrative and legal category.
To achieve this goal, such methods of scientific knowledge were used as: formal-logical; comparative analysis; logical and legal.
Different scientific approaches and concepts to defining the notion of citizens’ rights have been analyzed in the article. On this basis the understanding of the category of “administrative and legal provision of citizens’ rights” has been improved. It includes two interrelated components – “administrative and legal” and “provision”. It has been determined that the term provision in the general sense means the creation of conditions, security, protection of something from danger. The rights of citizens as a subject matter of administrative provision have been analyzed. The features of human and civil rights have been outlined. It has been stated that human and civil rights, freedoms and legitimate interests in the modern world must be both declared in regulatory acts, and must be really guaranteed and secured by the state. It has been emphasized that officials of the state authorities, including law enforcement system, play a crucial role in the development of interaction between society, government and citizens. The main directions of ensuring the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of citizens by the norms of administrative legislation, as well as the mechanism of their implementation have been determined. The authors have offered own definition of the concept of “administrative and legal provision of citizens’ rights”.
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