To the construction the system of criminal law and criminology means ensure to religious security of Russia

Introduction. The author notes that at present the criminal provisions of the Russian legislation, attributed to the sphere of religious security, an integrated system that would ensure the effective protection of society, are not, which is the main problem field of this study. Purpose. This situation has led to the formulation of the key objectives of the proposed study, which is in the formulation, based on the author's understanding of the nature and hierarchy of threats, born in the religious sphere, the approach to the construction of the criminal law and criminology means of ensuring religious security. Methodology. The research methodology includes a set of the following methods: dialectical method as General scientific method, as well as formal legal method, method of legal modeling and some others private scientific methods. The dialectical method revealed the need to develop the author's approach to building a system of criminal and criminological means of ensuring religious security, which is due to the socio-political changes that have occurred in Russian society at the current stage of its development. The method of legal modeling allowed us to formulate proposals for improving Russian legislation in relation to the topic of this study. In addition, in the process of gathering empirical material, the method of non-standardized survey conducted among employees of internal Affairs agencies and other law enforcement agencies was used. Results. The author concluded that in order to effectively build a system of criminal and criminological means of ensuring religious security in Russia, it is necessary for legislators and law enforcement officials to have a deep understanding of the essence and hierarchy of threats that exist in the religious space of society. Today, it is necessary to legally qualify social dangerous manifestations of destructive religious associations as actions of religious-extremist orientation. That is why the legal concept of religious extremism needs to be corrected as soon as possible. Attributing socially dangerous manifestations of destructive religious associations to religious extremism by the state would have a significant criminological potential, since, in particular, it would make it possible to justify the need to ensure the implementation of a serious and systematic preventive impact on destructive religious associations. The authors note that today a number of religious offenses, in particular, ritual human sacrifices, while remaining outside the field of state ideas about religious extremism, nevertheless pose an increased level of threat to society and are committed for motives arising in the religious sphere. However, such motives remain outside the field of due attention of the legislator in terms of differentiation of criminal liability. Conclusion. The author emphasizes that without understanding the essence and hierarchy of threats arising in the religious sphere by lawmakers and law enforcement agencies, building a system of criminal and criminological means to ensure religious security in Russia is an almost insoluble problem.

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