Solovey V. Prevention of criminal offenses committed by organized groups and criminal organizations in the sphere of illegal circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues in Ukraine

Dissertation for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in specialty 081 - «Law». – National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, 2023. The dissertation is the first complex monographic study in Ukraine, which implements a praxeological approach to the formation of criminological principles for the prevention of criminal offenses committed by organized groups and criminal organizations in the field of illegal circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues in Ukraine, with the determination of ways to solve a number of fundamental and applied problems. The work contains a number of new criminological provisions, conclusions and recommendations. The author proposed a complex criminological methodology for the prevention of criminal offenses committed by organized groups and criminal organizations in the field of illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues, which is based on legal, informational and analytical tools aimed at monitoring drug crime, criminogenic factors, characteristics of leaders and other members of organized groups and criminal organizations, a system of coordinated measures tested by domestic and foreign practice,with the development and implementation of a complex of effective praxeological prevention measures into the activities of authorized law enforcement agencies.