The History of Forensics-Based Crime Prevention in Russia

Throughout the development of the forensics, crime prevention has been repeatedly included and excluded from its subject. The uneven historical development of forensics-based crime prevention requires reflection in order to understand its role in the present period and the prospects for development. The history of the emergence of forensics-based crime prevention in the subject area of the science of criminology, giving it the status of a private criminalistic theory, in many ways testifies to the importance of activities to prevent the commission of crimes using methods not only criminology, but also forensics. In addition, the analysis of the historical development of forensics-based crime prevention is an integral component of understanding the current tasks of this institution and the basis for its future development. The study of the genesis of the private theory of forensics-based crime prevention in Russia has made it possible to trace its more than a century-old history of emergence and formation, to conclude that the legal regulation of prevention correlates with scientific discussions regarding the inclusion of prevention in the subject area of forensics, to formulate the concept, tasks and forms of its implementation at the present stage. The analysis made it possible to formulate the basics of an approach to the concept of forensics-based crime prevention, the impact on its content of the nature of crime of a particular historical period, and to determine the place of prevention in the subject of forensics.

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