Shabelnikov S. Criminological legislation of Ukraine: phenomenon and scientific grounds of development

The dissertation is devoted to the complex characteristic of the phenomenon, factors and the development’s grounds of the criminological legislation of Ukraine. For the first time has characterized criminological legislation as a metasystemic legal phenomenon of rhizomatic structure, which includes the following elements: 1) constitutive – legislation that defines the general grounds, principles of crime prevention in the state; 2) strategic, which defines the values, goals, guidelines, attitudes in the criminality counteraction in the current and future dimensions; 3) structural, which outlines the range of special subjects of crime prevention, their credentials etc.; 4) functional, which determines the legislative basis for the implementation of specific areas, levels, stages, measures and means of combating crime, ensuring this activity; 5) integrative connections; 6) lacunae.