State Institute for study of crime and criminal of the NKVD of the RSFSR - the first scientific organization in the bodies of internal Affairs
The article highlights the activities established in 1925 when of the RSFSR NKVD State Institute for the study of crime and the criminal, became the first scientific organization that provided scientific support to the activities of internal Affairs bodies. The peculiarity of this scientific organization is the Institute's activities were of the interdepartmental character. Research was conducted in the interests not only of the NKVD of the RSFSR, but also other state bodies involved in crime prevention. The article describes the structure and organization of work of the Institute, the basic directions of scientific researches.