According to the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “On approval of the Procedure for the formation of the List of scientific and specialized publications of Ukraine” dated January 15, 2018 No. 32, documents confirming compliance with the requirements for assigning the appropriate category were submitted to the Ministry of Education and Culture. On June 20, 2023, by the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 768, the journal was assigned the “B” category.

The articles of the collection highlight a wide range of scientific criminological, criminal, criminal executive, criminal procedural, forensic, interdisciplinary and legal issues, relevant problems of crime combating, improvement of the national criminal legislation, legal regulation, information and analytical, organizational and administration guaranteeing of counteracting crime in Ukraine, etc. The Editorial Board does not always share the authors’ opinion. The authors of publications have responsibility for authenticity of the scientific material, professional formulation, actual data, citation, proper names, geographic names, as well as the disclosure of facts, which are not for open press, etc.

E-copy of the collection is placed free of charge online on the web-site of V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine of the national Ukrainian Law Academy in the section «Scientific periodicals Ukraine», as well as on the web–resource of the edition (http://vca.univd.edu.ua/index.php/vca).