Transformation of scientific paradigms in social practice

The article dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Nikolaevich Kudryavtsev provides a brief analysis of his creative experience in Criminal Law, criminology and legal conflictology, reveals the theoretical and practical significance of the author’s works, which in many ways have become the theoretical basis for new areas of research in jurisprudence; the transformation of scientific ideas developed by the scientist into social practice is shown, in particular into criminal legislation, law enforcement and criminological measures to prevent crime, resolve conflicts by legal means.