The author rethinks the role of criminal repression in regulating public relations. Turning to the topic of the re-establishment of the institution of an investigating judge in our country, the author urges not to idealize the historical experience of the genesis of this criminal procedure institute, but encourages further discussion not only among representatives of civil society, but also the scientific community. Conclusions. The results of the study support legislative initiatives in the field of criminal procedure. The author indicates promising directions for further scientific research.
The fourth industrial revolution is transforming crime and fight against it, causing fundamental consequences for research in the field of criminal law. Under the conditions of the second decade of the 21st century, the terms 'Internet', 'information and telecommunications network', 'electronic network', 'communications facility', 'mobile communications' are no longer an IT specialist dictionary, in the meantime they affect the doctrine of criminal repression and integrate into a scientific turnover of specialists in the field of criminal law and criminology. Transformation of crime has caused serious gaps, both in the theory of criminal law and in criminal procedural and criminal executive law inextricably bound with it. The emergence and exponential development of the Internet, electronic communications, control and tracking systems and many other technical achievements create for researchers three types of problems that need to be discussed and resolved. First, the problem of national sovereignty in criminal matters (the operation of criminal law in space) and jurisdiction, which are in contradiction in the boundless cyberspace. Secondly, the prognostic problem, which urges not only to forecast the influence of modern technologies on substantive criminal law, criminal procedure, execution of criminal punishment, but also to anticipate the general impact of technology on Russian society and the way of life of its members. Thirdly, the problem of expenses resulting from the introduction of high-tech crime prevention measures, the cost of which is constantly growing. The interdependence of these problems should form the basis of criminal law research in the era of augmented reality under the conditions of exponential growth of cyber threats directed at citizens, businesses and governments.The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.Oscar Wilde
Purpose. The author reveals the issues of a new direction of criminological foresight - criminal law futurology. The author clarifies the role of predictions in the fight against crime and the prevention of crimes by criminal means. Methodology: the study uses a set of dialectical, systemic, logical methods. The author pays special attention to the genesis of the essence and content of criminological forecasting. Conducts a comparative analysis of the latest forecasting methods, based on the use of modern technologies and based on mathematical tools. Conclusions. The author concludes that further short-term and long-term criminological studies of a prognostic nature are necessary, the results of which can be more widely used in the formation and implementation of criminal policy. The author indicates promising directions for further scientific research.
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