Some questions of the prevention of political extremism and terrorism in the North Caucasus region of Russia
In the modern period of development of criminological thought crime prevention is seen as the main activity of the state and society on neutralization, improving society. Compared with punishment the idea of crime prevention is more progressive and forward-looking in a modern criminology. Unlike criminal punishment, which has an impact on crime by exposing the criminal identity, preventive measures have a different focus - the elimination or neutralization of the causes and conditions leading to crime. This explains the fact that preventive activities as follows from its content, scope of activities and the number of actors, involved in it, is much broader and richer than the practice of criminal punishment. For the prevention of extremism and its extreme form of terrorism we have to consider all the factors affecting the formation of all forms of violence in the society. One of the factors that determine the offenses related to the implementation of extremist and terrorist activities in the North Caucasus region of Russia is the destructive activities of Islamic religious preachers, supported from abroad.