Recently, domestic violence has become an object of special attention by the Parliament, the Government, and the society in general. Therefore, domestic violence could be an attractive object for criminological research in the context of the impact of the War on the society. In 2017, the Criminal Code was supplemented by Article 126-1 according to…
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Dmytro Yagunov: Crime Rates in Ukraine and the Impact of the War
In 2022, the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies (hereafter – LEA) registered 362636 crimes with corresponding criminal proceedings where the above-mentioned numbers reflect both criminal proceedings with concrete suspects and so-called “factual” criminal proceedings (without concrete suspects). It should be noted that the number of registered crimes even for the period of ten months of 2022…
Albert Yezerov: The Impact of War on Human Rights: Restrictions and Derogations
krainian statehood has existed and transformed for more than ten years in conditions of the Russian armed aggression. Although Ukraine’s institutional system has been constantly tested by political crises and corruption, and traditions of constitutionalism were not well established before the War, the State is a developing constitutional democracy. The political and legal reality that…
Khatia Dekanoidze: Police Reform in Ukraine: Achievements and Failures
The Soviet Union established a deeply corrupt and flawed criminal justice system designed to protect itself. Infiltrated by organised crime, it essentially functioned as a criminal body. Following the Soviet collapse, except for the Baltic states, corruption, clan-based structures, nepotism, and human rights violations persisted in the newly independent republics, mirroring the Soviet framework. It…
Detective Superintendent Asbjorn Rachlew: A Real Alternative to Police Interrogation
Detective Superintendent, Asbjorn Rachlew (PhD) is one of the most famous personalities among police officers in Europe. He combines his excessive practical experience with an academic approach to implement the technique of the Investigative Interviewing into the practices of the police services across the world. We had an excellent opportunity to ask him several short questions about…