Sorochynskyy N. Prevention of Crime Through the Means of Criminal Law.

In the thesis the criminal law means of crime prevention are investigated. The general characteristic of these means and the social mechanism of their functioning are described. This dissertation is the first complex study of the issues of criminal law's role in crime prevention. The role of different norms and institutes of the criminal law in crime prevention and the mechanism of their influence on deviant behavior as well as the preventive role of victimless crimes' criminalization is analyzed. The issue of priority setting and its importance in crime prevention through legal means are investigated in detail. The complex comparative survey of criminal legislation of the ten countries of the former Soviet Union, Central and Western Europe as well as the public opinion on the criminal justice system and its functioning is conducted and their main results are explained. Rec-ommendations for increase in criminal law's means preventive effect are given.