Head of the Department, Doctor of Law, Professor, Police Major Orlov Yurii Volodymyrovych.

The Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, which was founded in 1992 at Kharkiv Institute of Internal Affairs, is currently a structural unit of the Faculty №1 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs.

Professors V. P. Yemelianov, V. M. Kuts, O. A. Martynenko, P. I. Orlov, and A. B. Blaha made a significant contribution to the formation of the Department. An outstanding role in the formation and comprehensive disclosure of the research and educational potential of the Department belongs to Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine Oleksii Mykolaiovych Lytvynov, who headed the Department from June 2010 to July 2022.

Since July 2022, the Department has been headed by the Head of the Department, Doctor of Law, Professor Yurii Orlov. In total, the Department employs 16 people, including: 6 Doctors of Law, 10 Candidates of Science, 4 Professors, 8 Associate Professors. Positions: 4 Professors (2 of which have 0.5 positions), 7 Associate Professors (2 of which have 0.5 positions), 1 senior lecturer, 3 lecturers and a senior laboratory assistant.

Scientific work

The Department of Criminal Law and Criminology develops a scientific topic "Theoretical and applied problems of combating crime by criminal law and criminological means".

The Department has a scientific circle on criminal law, headed by Professor of the Department, Doctor of Law, Professor Andrii Yashchenko. The activity of the scientific circle of the Department is carried out in accordance with: a) the requirements of the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine; b) Regulations on the organization of research and development work at Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs; c) the Statute of KhNUIA; d) Standard Regulations on the scientific circle of cadets, students and trainees of KhNUIA; e) Regulations on the scientific circle of cadets and students of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology of the Faculty № 1 of KhNUIA.

Educational and methodical work

The Department conducts educational activities aimed at training specialists in educational and professional programs of the first (bachelor's) and second (master's) levels of higher education in the field of knowledge 08 Law, specialty 081 Law and the field of knowledge 26 Civil Security, specialty 262 Law Enforcement.

The academic staff of the Department provides teaching of the following disciplines:

  • Actual problems of application of criminal law.
  • Actual problems of combating crime.
  • Analysis and forecasting of crime.
  • Criminal justice: legal doctrines and principles of lawmaking
  • Criminal law.
  • Criminal executive law.
  • Criminology.
  • Criminal law qualification.
  • Qualification of cybercrime

Organizational work

The scientific and academic staff of the Department regularly conducts educational (curatorial) work with cadets of the Faculty №1, career guidance and legal education work with students of graduating classes of secondary schools and other educational institutions of Kharkiv city and Kharkiv region.

Contacts:
Email:[email protected]
Address: L. Landau avenue, 27, Kharkiv, 61080, Ukraine
Tel. 73-98-031 – Head of the Department, Doctor of Legal Sciences,
Professor, Police Major Lytvynov Oleksii Mykolaiovych 

Orlov Yurii Volodymyrovych - Head of the Department, Doctor of Law, Professor, Police Major

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Lytvynov Oleksii Mykolaiovych - Professor of the Department, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine

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Avdieiev Oleksandr Oleksandrovych - Associate Professor of the Department, PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Senior Police Lieutenant

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Bandurka Iryna Oleksandrivna - Associate Professor of the Department, Doctor of Law, Associate Professor

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Horash Olena Serhiivna - Lecturer of the Department

Lyzohub Yaroslav Hryhorovych - Associate Professor of the Department, PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Police Lieutenant Colonel

Fomenko Maryna Vasylivna - Lecturer of the Department, PhD in Law, Police Captain

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Cherevko Kyrylo Oleksandrovych - Professor of the Department, PhD in Law, Associate Professor

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Shevelev Kostiantyn Yevhenovych - Senior Lecturer of the Department, PhD in Law.

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Shevchuk Tetiana Anatoliivna - Associate Professor, PhD in Law, Associate Professor

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Yurtaieva Kseniia Volodymyrivna - Associate Professor, PhD in Law, Associate Professor

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Yashchenko Andrii Mykolaiovych - Professor of the Department, Doctor of Law, Professor

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Barash Yevhen Yukhymovych - Professor of the Department (0.5 positions), Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine

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Zozulia Oleksandr Ihorovych - Associate Professor (0.5 positions), Doctor of Law, Associate Professor.

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Kritsak Ivan Vasylovych - Associate Professor of the Department (0.25 position), PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Police Lieutenant Colonel

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Kondratov Dmytro Yuriiovych - Associate Professor (0.25 positions), PhD in Law, Associate Professor

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Skliar Natalia Viacheslavivna - Senior Laboratory Assistant