Issues of Improving the Quality of National Criminological Research on the Basis of Modern Scientific Standards
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Abstract. The article examines the theoretical, methodological, and practical issues of improving the quality of national criminological research in accordance with modern scientific standards. It substantiates the importance of clearly defining the research problem, developing a sound methodology, building a reliable empirical database, applying statistical and comparative analysis, using digital technologies, verifying research findings, and ensuring their practical implementation. The study proposes a comprehensive approach based on the sequence: “problem – methodology – empirical basis – analysis – forecasting – scientific conclusion – practical recommendation – implementation – effectiveness assessment.” It concludes that this approach will contribute to the development of criminological science, the improvement of crime prevention activities, and the promotion of evidence-based decision-making in law enforcement practice.
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First of all, the article employs the method of systemic analysis. This method made it possible to examine national criminological research not as an isolated academic text or report, but as a scientific and practical process consisting of interrelated stages. In addition, the method of scientific and methodological analysis was used.
Through this method, the methodological structure of criminological research was examined, including the object and subject of the study, its aim, objectives, hypothesis, data sources, selected methods, and criteria for evaluating results. This approach demonstrates that high-quality criminological research must provide clear answers to the following questions: what criminological phenomenon is being studied, which factors are being analysed, by which method conclusions are drawn, and which practical problem the results are intended to solve [13; 14].
The article also applies the method of criminological analysis as one of its core research methods. This method serves to study crime not only through legal qualification or statistical indicators, but also in connection with its causes and conditions, as well as personal, social, economic, territorial, demographic, and psychological factors. Through criminological analysis, it is argued that the quality of research should be assessed not by merely recording an increase or decrease in crime, but by the extent to which the factors influencing these changes are identified, their interrelations are revealed, and preventive measures are scientifically substantiated.
The comparative analysis method also plays an important role in the study. This method allows existing approaches in national criminological research to be compared with modern scientific standards, international criminological practice, and the requirements of evidence-based research. The comparative approach shows that contemporary criminological research should not be limited to theoretical narration or statistical description; it must also include empirical verification, causal analysis, forecasting, a system of indicators, and mechanisms for implementing results in practice.
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