Prodan T. Prevention of female violent crime in Ukraine

The thesis is devoted to consideration of a mechanism for preventing female violent crime in Ukraine. The author analyzes the historical background of occurrence of the mentioned phenomenon and its place in modern criminological science, the author gives the characteristic features of individual female criminals and mechanism of criminal behavior. It proves that innovative approaches, non-standard solutions and systematic search for new, more relevant and modern ways of overcoming the negative phenomenon play a significant role in preventing women's violent crime. It is claimed that in our country, unlike in foreign countries, preference is given to conventional measures, «time-tested», which mostly, do not have any positive consequences in the form of crime reduction. Although, recently, under the influence of international legal acts, the civil society institute has emerged in Ukraine as one of the effective means of preventing socially dangerous acts, which, in the author's opinion, is a promising area for the development of criminological science. The author points out that special attention should be paid to the problem of recurrent violent behavior of women. Today, relapse among women is not uncommon, due to the poor political and economic situation in the country, the lack of effective means of countering the phenomenon. It is summarized that the most violent crimes are because of self-serving motive. Sometimes recurrent violent crimes are committed by women and with other naturally occurring motives, as the author proves with the help of statistics and case law.