CRIMINOLOGY AS A SCIENCE AND ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE: TOWARDS THE ESSENCE THROUGH ATTRIBUTES

Abstract

This work reflects various criminological schools and approaches of
Ukrainian criminology, which form the necessary symbiosis/baggage of
knowledge for a deeper understanding/awareness of the essence of criminology.
If Western criminologists firmly stand on positivist, sociological positions, then
we should transform Ukrainian criminology into an integrative/complex
approach reflecting many spiritual and value meanings, which are especially
relevant during the current Russian-Ukrainian war.
It is important to note that the questions posed in this article, as a result of
the applied method of «dialogical representation», are answered fragmentarily by
prominent scientists of our country and the world. The teacher can ask questions
to the audience from a wide variety of fields of knowledge. Therefore, we have
somewhat disrupted the logical sequence of presenting certain questions in order
to avoid monotony, to keep the reader in the tone/rhythm of constant attention
and surprise of completely different questions, which are placed in a chaotic order
and relate to the first topic: «Criminology as a science and an academic
discipline».
Today, such areas of criminology are actively being developed through the
prism of interdisciplinarity as: political criminology, war criminology, sports
criminology, criminology, penitentiary criminology. From here, perhaps, the
passport of the specialty 12.00.08 should be revised. First of all, a new specialty
should be opened in our country - “criminologist”, similar to a psychologist, so that everyone who wishes can deeply master many criminological meanings and
gain the appropriate level of knowledge.