The victimization approach to crime prevention is a key element of modern criminal policy. In the Anglo-American legal family (USA, UK, Canada, Australia), this approach is based on the principles of integration of preventive, rehabilitation and legal mechanisms to reduce the risks of victimization. The article discusses the main practical aspects of victimization prevention in these countries.
The issue of legal prohibitions in national and European law has a pronounced interdisciplinary content. The modern Ukrainian environment, through which the legal values of European (Euro-Atlantic) and universal civilizations – principles, norms, institutions, sources of law, legal procedures, etc. – are “refracted” (“passed through”), is quite heterogeneous and contradictory, and this cannot but affect the peculiarities of Ukrainian law.
It was emphasized that in Ukraine, representatives of all types of law enforcement activities develop certain methods and measures to combat crime at the level of their own competence. Of course, there are national and regional programs, but specific bodies and their divisions have considerable freedom of action regarding the direction of professional implementation.