FEATURES OF THE BRITISH MODEL OF FIGHTING CRIME

Abstract

In the article, the author seeks to reveal the specific aspects of the fight against crime in the UK. In particular, it considers certain elements of the crime fighting system-doctrinal and criminological approaches on which criminal policy is based-features of legislation on combating crime, as well as notable aspects of law enforcement. It is known that the British model of fighting crime was formed under the influence of the Anglo-Saxon legal system and Anglo-American criminological schools. The basis of doctrinal and criminological approaches to crime are administrative-classical and sociological theories. In criminal policy, there is periodically a focus on the priority of criminal law measures (tightening) or on the priority of socially liberal measures (mitigation). Since there is no codified legislative system in the UK, the development of anti-crime policies is based on medium-term (3-5 years) strategic concepts. Despite the fact that crime in the UK is growing at a high rate, there is a loss of ability to maintain accurate crime statistics. At the same time, it turns out that this loophole in the detection of crimes is being overcome by the systematic introduction by the British police of the practice of studying latent crime. The British practice of crime prevention is notable for the fact that it includes situational and victimological measures involving a number of public organizations.