The article presents an analysis of the directions modern criminal law policy from standpoint theory prohibitions. author considers criminalization as a process and result formation prohibition in law. Using example Article 2007 Criminal Code Russian Federation, application criteria legislative is investigated. Special attention paid to issue concept law, its connection with legalization positi...

The number of women under criminal justice supervision in the United States reached over one million in 2001. In response, contemporary corrections has begun to consider the best way to effectively respond to women offenders. Female offenders are now a significant proportion of all offenders: they comprise 17 percent of the total number of offenders under correctional supervision, or one in eve...

The field of behavioral genetics has engendered a host of moral and social concerns virtually since its inception. The policy implications of a genetic basis for behaviors are widespread and extend beyond the clinic to the socially important realms of education, criminal justice, childbearing, and child rearing. The development of new techniques and analytic approaches, including whole-genome s...

Effectively measuring comparative developments in crime and justice trends from a global perspective remains a key challenge for international policy makers. The ability to compare crime levels across countries enables policy makers to determine where interventions should occur and improves understanding of the key causes of crime in different societies across the globe. Nevertheless, there are...

Diversion from custody is a policy supporting the removal of people with mental disorders from the criminal justice system to hospital or a suitable community placement where they can receive treatment. There are three principal reasons why such a policy is necessary. First, when those with mental disorders fall through the net of psychiatric services they tend to gravitate towards the criminal...

This paper was developed to accompany the Model Policy on Investigating Sexual Assaults developed by the IACP National Law Enforcement Policy Center. The paper provides essential background material and supporting documentation to provide a greater understanding of the developmental philosophy and implementation required for the model policy. It also addresses field investigative procedures and...

This paper gives an overview of current and proposed crypto regulations in Europe, with attention to developments in the US, Japan and the OECD. It presents some key trends in the regulation of cryptography: growing awareness of criminal crypto use and of the dilemma of a crypto policy, and increasingly strong lobbies for key recovery and for privacy. The paper discusses several issues that any...