State and issues of legal regulation of participation of socially oriented non-profit organizations in crime prevention

Introduction: socially oriented non-profit organizations have enormous potential in crime prevention both at the general social and criminological levels. However, the number of such organizations participating in anti-crime practice, the volume and efficiency of their work today do not fully correspond to public and law enforcement needs, the interests of citizens, as well as their participation in other spheres of social life. The article examines this issue from the standpoint of assessing the capabilities of the current regulatory legal framework to meet the anti-crime potential of socially oriented non-profit organizations involved in crime prevention. Materials and Methods: the material for the study were the Constitution of the Russian Federation, acts of international law that determine the international legal framework for the prevention of crimes and participation in this activity of public formations, acts of federal and regional legislation in this area. In preparing the article, such methods were used as the study of documents and content analysis, as well as a survey of experts in the form of interviews. Results: the issues of the participation of public organizations in the prevention of crimes, which were available in the modern domestic legal framework, were identified and ways to eliminate them were proposed. Discussion and Conclusions: the author comes to the conclusion that the domestic legal framework regulating the activities of socially oriented non-profit organizations requires unification with the normative legal acts in participation of citizens and their associations in crime prevention.