THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF STATE AND MUNICIPAL TARGET PROGRAMS TO ENSURE CRIMINOLOGICAL SECURITY OF EDUCATION AS AN OBJECT OF SCIEN-TIFIC RESEARCH
Introduction: One of the most relevant areas of state activity is ensuring Russia's national security. The Institute of education, being the most important national priority, needs to be protected, including from threats of a criminal and criminogenic nature (first of all, crime). One of the modern methods of protection is the development of state and municipal targeted crime prevention programs. In this article, the author reveals some theoretical bases on which the development of such programs should be based. Aim: to reveal the theory of development of state and municipal target programs to ensure criminological security of education as an object of scientific research. Methods: The methodological basis of this research is presented in the form of a dialectical method of scientific knowledge, as well as private scientific methods: formal-logical, system-structural, and others. Results: Based on the analysis, the author concludes that before developing and applying targeted programs for crime prevention in the educational environment, it is necessary to first conduct a large-scale scientific theoretical study. In this article, the authors proposed the idea of what should be the purpose and objectives of such research, its main results, what should be the methodological basis, what should confirm the reliability and validity of the research results. Conclusions: The author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to consider the theory of development of state and municipal target programs to ensure criminological security of education as an object of scientific research.