Criminal and criminological support for countering terrorism

This article analyzes the current state of criminal and criminological support for countering terrorism. It notes the high degree of elaboration of the corresponding conceptual apparatus in regulatory acts. Attention is focused on the need for further scientific understanding and development of the content of regulatory legal acts that ensure the counteraction to terrorism. As for the criminallegal support for countering terrorism, there is a tendency to differentiate crimes of a terrorist nature and its positive character. A recommendation is made to include in the content of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation norms that correlate with the content of Article 22 of the Federal Law "On Countering Terrorism". The necessity of systematic work to prevent the spread of terrorist ideology through modern information technologies and their involvement in the terrorist activities of young people is noted. Recommendations are made for further development of counter-information activities in order to ensure counteraction to terrorism.