Issues of Legal Education and Science (on the Example of Criminology)

The article discusses the problematic issues of the development of Russian legal education and science on the example of criminology. The emphasis in the study is on the fact that the causes of crime are interdisciplinary concepts, and this implies a new perception of the understanding of the fight against this negative phenomenon. Special attention is paid to the analysis of scientific and educational works devoted to the study of the main directions of criminology development, structural elements included in the subject of this legal discipline. The features of the modern development of criminology are highlighted with an emphasis on research conducted in the last twenty years.