"Legal assistance" or "crime control"? To discussions about the theory and practice of realization of criminal policy

Purpose: A formulation of the answer to the review. Methodology: Formally legal method and a method of the included observation were used. Results: The author formulates the position as opinion of the participant of a discussion about the human rights or retaliatory purposes of anti-criminal activity of the state. On examples from own practice the author shows that protection of the rights and legitimate interests of specific people is always real and clear work whereas «crime control» - it is frequent «fight for indicators» only for the sake of them. Novelty/originality/value: Article has a certain scientific value as contains an author’s position about the purposes of anti-criminal activity of the state.