Application of a systematic approach in the development and use of information methods for the study of crime

Abstract

Combating crime should be based on the principles of criminological science. Therefore, the formation of the theory of criminology remains an urgent need. And the development of information methods for the study of crime is one of the primary tasks of specialists.The task of the article is to substantiate the expediency of applying a systematic approach to the study of information methods for the study of crime in criminological science. The purpose of the article is to form the basis of the criminological theory of crime prevention measures.The following elements are asserted as the subject of criminological science: 1) toolkit of criminological research; 2) crime; 3) determination of criminality; 4) the identity of the criminal; 5) mechanism of individual criminal behavior; 6) crime prevention.The methodological basis of the research is the understanding of the global mega system, where the informational aspect is always manifested in the objectification of material and energy processes. Here, all processes are based on information, and the organization, functionality and interaction of system objects are determined by information.The system approach is a direction of research, and study of the world, which is based on considering objects as a system, focusing on revealing the integrity of the object, identifying the variety of connections in it, and bringing them to a single theoretical picture. It is the systematic approach that is an adequate cognitive tool for the systemic nature of the universe.Science in general, and criminological science in particular, represents a union of scientific activity and its informational result. Regarding the informational result of criminological science, we are talking about criminological information.It is considered reasonable to define criminology as a scientific activity of processing criminological information to obtain new knowledge. This activity is part of the systemic World, so it has a systemic nature and the tools of the systemic approach can be applied to it. First of all, about the research of information methods for the study of crime.It is considered a reasonable possibility of using information methods in criminology. Prospective areas of such work will be:1) detection of crime trends and measures to prevent it;2) modeling of criminogenic processes and law enforcement measures;3) criminological prognosis.Improvement of digital criminological methods in the future will be carried out primarily through the use of «artificial intelligence» technologies.