Information support for corruption counteraction

Objective : to systematize knowledge about the information and criminological implications of the legal regulation in combating corruption and to develop proposals for the optimization of its legal means. Methods : a set of scientific cognition methods, including universal and formal-logical methods, primarily formal-legal, modeling, and idealization; a retrospective approach to studying the formation and development of interrelated criminological and political scientific trends, which facilitated the obtaining of this study results. The main scientific tool used was the analytical method. Results : a range of attributes was developed which characterizes the anti-corruption system and the information spectrum of its infrastructure related to three main types of activities: criminological, political, and managerial. Some of these attributes, which characterize the outlines of the emerging “support” concept in the considered system of functioning, were conceptualized and to a certain extent categorized. This, in turn, allowed defining the contours of the emerging system of instrumental knowledge that optimizes the scientific principle implementation in the political management of the anti-corruption system. Scientific novelty : the article presents the idea of conceptualizing scientific provisions regarding the information support of anti-corruption efforts, the mechanism of which has not established yet. In this regard, the authors considers the concepts in the technological area of the anti-corruption management system to be promising. Among them is the idea to introduce such legal mechanisms as criminological monitoring and criminological expertise, a type of which is implemented in the anti-corruption expertise. The article novelty also consists in an additional area of research, which is special preventive for corruption offenses, studied for their effectiveness and ability to ensure criminological security. Practical significance : the theoretical provisions developed in this study are designed to form scientific and criminological criticism in the professional legal consciousness, aimed at decision-making, selecting and implementing means and application technologies in the field of combating corruption.