Professor G. Avanesov, Doctor of, law is a leading Soviet criminologist. He has written more than 120 scientific works on problems of jurisprudence and sociology. The present follow me sir recent work that makes a profound and comprehensive study of criminology and the prevention of anti social behaviour. It is a valuable contribution to the development of Soviet criminology theory. It gives a detailed survey of the development of Soviet criminology analysis its present state and examines is the prospect of development of this branch of knowledge.

This book provides an extensive exploration of criminology, delving into its scientific basis, subject matter, and methodology. It examines the socio-legal essence of crime, its causes, and the intricate relationship between social and biological factors. The text discusses the concept of the criminal personality and the dynamics of anti-social behavior. It introduces criminological forecasting, including its types, methods, and organizational challenges, and extends to the forecasting of individual anti-social behavior. The book also focuses on the concept and implementation of social prevention, detailing its principles, the roles of various subjects and objects, and the legal regulations that govern it. Lastly, it addresses the organizational issues in managing social prevention and emphasizes comprehensive planning in crime prevention efforts.

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PREFACE 7

CHAPTER I. Criminology as a Science. Its Subject and Method 15
1. A General Description of Criminology 15
2. The Subject and Method of Criminology, Its Aims and Tasks 21
3. The Aims and Tasks of Criminology, Its Main Functions 32
4. The Place of Criminology in the System of Sciences 46

CHAPTER II. Crime and Its Socio-Legal Essence 61
1. The Characteristics and Relationship of the Concepts of Crime and Crimes 61
2. The Concept of Crime and Its Socio-Legal Essence 68

CHAPTER III. The Causes of Crime and Social Contradictions 80
1. The Causes of Crime, Its Level and General Description 80
2. The Causes of Crime and Contradictions of Social Development 89
3. The Differentiated Approach to the Assessment of the Causes of Crime 97
4. The Causes of Crime in Connection with an Analysis of Criminogenic Factors 116

CHAPTER IV. The Relationship of the Social and Biological in the Causes of Crime 122
1. The Interconnection of the Social and Biological in the Causes of Crime 122
2. Biological Problems in the Causal Complex of Antisocial Behaviour 130

CHAPTER V. The Criminal Personality and Its Anti-Social Tendency 142
1. The Criminal Personality in the System of Social Relations and Its Peculiarities 142
2. The Dialectical Interconnection of the Criminal Personality and Anti-Social Behaviour 158
3. Anti-Social Behaviour in the System of Types of Social Behaviour 163

CHAPTER VI. The Concept and Essence of Criminological Forecasting 173
1. The Science of Forecasting and the Branch of Criminological Forecasting 173
2. Types, Terms and Methods of Criminological Forecasting 184
3. Organisational Problems and the Content of Criminological Forecasting 194

CHAPTER VII. The Forecasting of Individual Anti-Social Behaviour 202
1. The Concept and Peculiarities of Forecasting Individual Anti-Social Behaviour 202
2. Applied Problems of Forecasting Individual Anti-Social Behaviour 211

CHAPTER VIII. The Conception of Social Prevention and the Limits of Its Functioning 218
1. Determining the Conception in Relation to the Concept of Social Prevention 218
2. Social Prevention in the System of Measures for Crime Control 228
3. The Sphere of Social Prevention and the Limits of Its Functioning 234

CHAPTER IX. The System of Subjects and Objects of Social Prevention 246
1. Subjects of Social Prevention and Their General Characterisation 246
2. The Main Trends in the Activity of the Subjects of Social Prevention 253
3. The Objects of Social Prevention and Their General Characteristics 267
4. The General Analysis of Crimes as Objects of Social Prevention 274

CHAPTER X. The Main Forms and Content of Social Prevention 285
1. Levels, Forms and Types of Social Prevention 285
2. A Characterisation of the Content and Provision of the Social Prevention of Offences 299

CHAPTER XI. Basic Principles of the Legal Regulation of Social Prevention 306
1. The Place and Role of Law in the Social Prevention of Offences 306
2. The Legal Status of Subjects and Objects of Social Prevention of Offences 314

CHAPTER XII. The Main Problems of the Organisation of Social Prevention 321
1. Special Features of Management in the Sphere of Social Prevention of Offences 321
2. Comprehensive Planning in the Sphere of the Social Prevention of Offences 338