The coordination of the activities of the law enforcement agencies for the prevention and detection of crimes committed by minors

Introduction: the crime rate of the minor category of the population is currently not decreasing, as evidenced by the statistical data indicated in the paper. The increase in the level of its public danger exacerbates the criminal situation in the Russian Federation, including the Volgograd region. To combat this destructive phenomenon, it is necessary to consolidate the efforts ofall the law enforcement agencies bycoordinating their activities. In this regard, the development and introduction ofeffective prevention measures among minors are relevant. The purpose of the paper: to identifythe promising areas for improving the efficiency of the lawenforcement management. Objectives: todescribe the concept of “coordination”, the essence and content of the coordination activities of the law enforcement agencies to combat juvenile delinquency; to analyze the legislative framework for the coordination of the law enforcement agencies to combat juvenile delinquencyand to identifypractical problems in its implementation; topropose themain directions for improving the regulatory and legal support of the coordination activities of the law enforcement agencies. Methods: the authors used the general scientific, systemic, and institutional research methods, as well as the methods of legal statistics, which made it possible to solve the tasks set for the research team. Results: the problems in the youth environment are characterized, the promising areas ofprevention of juvenile delinquencyare identified, and the results of the fight against youth crime in the city of Volgograd, the Volgograd Region and the country as a whole are shown using the methods of legal statistics. Conclusions: in order to improve the coordination of the law enforcement system for the prevention of juvenile delinquency, the authors of the paper suggest that, on a coordinated basis, with the participation of prevention subjects, they seek the solutions to the problems of youth employment, organize events together with the operational units in order to identifycriminal groups, separate these groups; regularly conduct preventive work with their relatives.