Kyriukha K. Administrative and legal regulation of corruption prevention in the bodies of the National Police of Ukraine.

Kyriukha K. I. Administrative and legal regulation of corruption prevention in the bodies of the National Police of Ukraine. – Qualifying scientific work on the rights of a manuscript. Dissertation for obtaining the educational and scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy in specialty 081 – Law. Lviv State University of Internal Affairs. Lviv, 2022. In the dissertation, a theoretical generalization and a new solution to the scientific task regarding the administrative-legal regulation of corruption prevention in the National Police of Ukraine is carried out. The relevant conceptual and methodological principles are outlined, which are aimed at solving relevant scientific and applied problems in the field of administrative law and anti-corruption legislation,they can serve to increase the effectiveness of implemented practices to prevent corruption in the police environment. The analysis of manifestations of corruption in police activities is carried out taking into account the idea of dividing them into external (acceptance of the offer by a police officer from the citizens to perform certain actions for a reward) and internal (corrupt relations between members of the police team, unit, body). Separate attention is paid to the study of corruption manifestations in various spheres of professional activity, as well as taking into account the way of organizing and committing corruption offenses, as a result of which the need to implement measures to prevent corruption aimed at establishing standards of integrity in the work of police officers is emphasized. The following corruption manifestations that take place in the activities of police officers under the conditions of the legal regime of martial law are singled out, namely: those caused by the absence or significant change of legal regulation and accompanied by the expansion of discretionary powers; those that are conditioned to the performance of unsuitable to police functions compared to peacetime work. It has been confirmed that the prevalence of corruption in law enforcement agencies not only undermines trust in state institutions and deforms the proper development of social relations, but can also pose a threat to national security, especially during martial law. Scientific approaches to the definition and understanding of the concept of the mechanism of administrative and legal regulation and the views of scientists regarding its structure and elements are analyzed. The author's definition of the mechanism of administrative-legal regulation of the prevention of corruption in the bodies of the National Police is suggested, under which it is proposed to understand a complex of administrative-legal means, with the help of which the imperative-normative regulation of activities aimed at preventing corruption and corruption-related offenses among police officers is carried out. It has been proven that the improvement of the administrative and legal regulation of the prevention of corruption in the bodies of the National Police of Ukraine, within the direction related to the professional support of the activities of police officers, should be solved by the mandatory inclusion of specialized anti-corruption courses or educational disciplines in the training programs of police officers in institutions of higher education with specific learning conditions. The need to improve the current legislation is established, in connection with which relevant suggestions are developed.