Optimization of activity of law enforcement agencies on victimological prevention of crimes

The article focuses on the fact that security is impossible without effective crime prevention. The legal basis of activity of law enforcement agencies on the basis of which they carry out preventive activity is investigated and definition of victimological prevention of crimes is resulted. The system of preventive influence on crime by the internal Affairs bodies is analyzed, the problematic aspects of this activity are highlighted and the ways of their solution are offered. The necessity of changes and additions of departmental normative legal acts of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia for more effective application of methods of victimological prevention is pointed out. In particular, there is an argument for giving the internal Affairs bodies an additional task to identify persons affected by offenses or at risk of becoming such and providing them with assistance. The necessity of creation of victimological account and statement on it of the persons exposed to risk to become victims of offenses is proved.