Stepanchenko O. Counteracting Ethnic and Religious Terrorism: Criminological, Victimological and Geopolitical Analysis.

The dissertation is the first scientific research in Ukraine, where the phenomenon of ethnic and religious terrorism has been comprehensively detected, described and explained on the systemic level of the analysis and generalization using modern methods of cognition, taking into account the latest achievements of the legal science; the tendencies of its development and transformation in the conditions of the present time have been predicted; as well as an extensive system of measures to combat this phenomenon has been suggested. The concept and features of ethnic and religious terrorism have been studied; as well as its current state has been analyzed. The main tendencies of the spread of ethnic and religious terrorism in the world have been determined. Ethnic and religious terrorism has been considered as a geopolitical instrument. Theoretical principles of systematization of factors of ethnic and religious terrorism have been analyzed; and its general and specific factors have been systematized. The features of the influence of factors of ethnic and religious terrorism in the context of certain regions of the world have been determined. The victimological analysis has been carried out; the geography and mechanism of victimization of ethnic and religious terrorism’s victims have been studied. The factors influencing the victimization of ethnic and religious terrorism’s victims have been defined; as well as the typology and criminological analysis of the victims of ethnic and religious terrorism have been carried out. Mechanisms of counteracting ethnic and religious terrorism have been considered. The parameters of the general model of the strategy of counteracting ethnic and religious terrorism have been outlined. A specification of national and international mechanisms for counteracting ethnic and religious terrorism has been accomplished.