Anti-Corruption Education in the Activities of Prosecutors and Peculiarities of its Legal Regulation

Corruption is one of the most pressing problems and real threats to the national security of every state, including Russia. The Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation plays a key role in the fight against corruption. One of the most effective ways to counter this antisocial phenomenon is prevention. The author proposes the concept of "anti-corruption education", which is unusual for the legislation on the prosecutor’s office and prosecutorial practice, in relation to the activities of prosecutors, defines the concept and explains the main directions, forms and methods. Two main areas of this prosecutor’s activity are indicated: 1) anti-corruption education of prosecutors themselves; 2) anti-corruption education (including within the framework of legal informing the population) of other persons. The author examines thier content, identifies common problems and proposes solutions. The specific features of anti-corruption education within the framework of the system of professional training and advanced training of prosecutors are analyzed separately. The paper explains the role and positive value of legal education and legal information as effective tools of anti-corruption education of citizens. Based on the analysis of the practice of prosecutorial activities, the authors noted the demand for active anti-corruption informing of the population, increasing the anti-corruption legal awareness of citizens (especially young people). The paper elucidates the effectiveness of organizing and conducting thematic lectures and other meetings, contests and other game forms of interaction, combining the efforts of the prosecutor’s office with civil society institutions. The potential of anti-corruption informing citizens with the help of Internet resources and the achievements of computer technologies is characterized. Attention is drawn to the expediency of such work in the framework of the implementation of special documentary films and feature films projects devoted to the activities of the prosecutor’s office. The author highlights the importance of anti-corruption education through active and purposeful interaction with the media, including interaction carried out in order to form citizens’ convictions about the inevitability of punishment for corruption crimes. The conclusion is substantiated that the prosecutor who carries out anti-corruption education must certainly meet high moral requirements and be distinguished by an impeccable reputation.

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