Prevention of Family-Based Crimes by Law Enforcement Bodies: Problems and Prospects of Solutions
The article examines the prevention of the family-based crimes by the law enforcement bodies in the Republic of Belarus. The major measures used by law enforcement bodies for prevention of family-based crimes has been studied, certain problems of application of such measures have been explored and certain means of solution of these problems have been proposed by the author. The problem of the family-based crime is closely associated with the problem of family violence. It means that the larger part of the prevention measures should not only relate to legal coercion (legal prohibition and criminal liability), but it should include a wide range of educative, informational and other means aimed at persuasion and correction of offenders. The legal basis of crime prevention of the law enforcement bodies requires further development: the development of a new specialized law on family violence, the creation of an unified national conception aimed at providing protection and assistance to families and minors in case of violent offences in the family.