Prevention of crime (criminal offenses) in the field of security activities

The article explores the concept of crime prevention (criminal offenses) in the field of security activities, providing a characterization of the directions and measures of its prevention. Various approaches to understanding these definitions are examined, taking into account the experience of Ukrainian scholars in classifying crime prevention measures. Based on a general theoretical analysis of approaches to understanding the concept of «crime prevention» and defining its content, establishing the main crime prevention measures with their characteristics, as well as studying the system of crime prevention measures (criminal offenses) in the field of security activities and approaches to their classification, the author concludes that crime prevention is a multi-level socio-preventive activity aimed at eliminating and hindering the action of determinants or preventing the commission of acts at various stages of criminal manifestations that lead to the emergence of a certain type of crime, with the aim of ultimately overcoming it. The main goal and directions of crime prevention (criminal offenses) in the field of security activities in Ukraine are to create a positive, socially acceptable activity for individuals, introducing into their consciousness a correct, socially recognized understanding of criminal offenses and fostering intolerance towards their commission. General social crime prevention (criminal offenses) in the field of security activities includes a complex of measures conducted by state bodies, public organizations, and other entities aimed at reducing conflicts and stabilizing socio-economic, political, moral-psychological, and legal relations within the state and society. Special criminal crime prevention (criminal offenses) in the field of security activities includes a system of special government agencies that act to influence criminogenic factors, as well as identify the causes and conditions of committing criminal offenses in this sphere and take measures to eliminate them. Individual preventive work in the field of security activities includes early individual prevention, direct individual prevention, and post-criminal prevention.