The publishing house "Law" published a monograph "Reducing the possibility of committing crimes: a strategic approach", prepared by a team of authors: V.V. Holina - Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor; V.S. Batyrhareieva - Doctor of Law, Professor; M.H. Kolodiazhnyi - Candidate of Law, Senior Researcher; S.S. Shramko - Candidate of Law; A.V. Kalinina - Candidate of Law; Yu.B. Danylchenko - Doctor of Law, Associate Professor; M.O. Marshuba - Candidate of Law.

Reviewers of the publication: Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty №1 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs Oleksii Lytvynov and Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Oleksandr Zhytnyi.

The monograph is devoted to an in-depth criminological analysis of the current criminogenic situation in Ukraine, which is considered as an information model for developing a strategy to reduce the chances of committing crimes. The main features of the strategy of crime reduction are highlighted, its concepts are formulated and the main directions are considered. The results of an empirical study on the state of implementation of the strategy to reduce the possibility of committing crimes in the activities of the National Police are presented, prospects for the use of modern foreign practice in the application of this strategy are outlined.

The monograph is intended for scientists, teachers, graduate students, students of law schools and faculties, law enforcement officers, as well as a wide range of readers.