The object of the study is the public relations that arise during the implementation of the administrative and legal status of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the system of anti-crime entities. Purpose: based on the analysis of existing scientific provisions, current legislation of Ukraine and the practice of its application, as well as foreign experience to determine the nature and features of the administrative and legal status of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the system of crime prevention and improvement. Methods: general scientific and special methods of scientific cognition: logical-semantic, statistical, sociological, comparative-legal, dialectical, structural-logical and comparative-legal methods, methods of analysis, synthesis and classification, functional approach and documentary analysis, etc. Theoretical and practical results, scientific novelty: the place of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the system of anti-crime entities is determined, as the Armed Forces of Ukraine are an integral part of the system of anti-crime entities, endowed with special powers, administrative and legal status. characterized by the use of various forms and methods, the possibility of combining military and civilian service; the essence and content of the administrative and legal status of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the system of anti-crime entities as a set of tasks, functions, powers, legal guarantees and types of legal liability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the field of state policy of national security and crime prevention in the relevant regulations and are implemented within a specific type of Armed Forces; it is proposed to amend the current Law of Ukraine "On the Armed Forces of Ukraine" by enshrining a new article "Tasks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine"; the necessity of making changes to the current Law of Ukraine "On the Armed Forces of Ukraine" by supplementing the article "Responsibility of servicemen and military units" is substantiated; formulated proposals for improving the administrative and legal regulation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Practical significance: the provisions obtained as a result of the research conducted in the dissertation can be used: in research activities, in particular the results of the dissertation, which together constitute a holistic knowledge of the administrative and legal framework for state policy of national security and crime in Ukraine, can be the basis for further development of a modern strategy and state program to combat crime, problems of improving the mechanisms of implementation of prevention programs, their scientific, information-analytical and other support, as well as for further development of administrative and legal status of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. crime; in lawmaking, to improve existing and develop new regulations on the activities and functioning of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and crime prevention; in law enforcement, their use will improve the practical activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and increase the efficiency of the formation and implementation of state comprehensive programs to combat crime in Ukraine, in particular at the regional and local levels; in the educational process, during the preparation of textbooks and manuals and classes in the disciplines of "Administrative Law", "Criminal Law", "Judicial and law enforcement agencies".
