Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs hosted an online scientific-practical conference "Crime and combating it in a singularity: trends and innovations", dedicated to the memory of a member of the Board of the Criminological Association of Ukraine, Professor Tetiana Denysova.

The conference was opened by the Rector of the University Valerii Sokurenko. He noted that out of more than 200 participants in the scientific event, there are both recognized scientists and young scientists - graduate students, adjuncts, masters, cadets and students, as well as law enforcement practitioners. All of them explore topical, acute, debatable issues of crime and combating it in a singular environment. Addressing these issues will contribute to the development of criminological science in the new era, qualitative restoration of its methodology in a rapidly changing reality, knowledge of the truth based on deep ethical principles of communication in society and building an orderly system of views and principles of legal analysis. In the pages of their works, the authors raised extremely important, innovative, and, undoubtedly, topical issues of criminal law and criminological support for combating crime in a singular environment.

At the plenary session, reports were delivered by: Rector of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine Valerii Sokurenko with a report "Crime Prevention and Higher Legal Education in a Social Singularity";  First Vice-Rector of the University, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Honored Educator of Ukraine Dmytro Shvets with a report "Criminology School of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs: confident progress"; Professor of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law, Faculty № 1, KhNUIA, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine Oleksandr Bandurka - "Protection of children's rights in a social singularity: practice and innovation"; Professor of the Department of Administrative Law and Procedure of the Faculty № 1, KhNUIA, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine Serhii Husarov with the report "Regulation in the criminal legislation of Ukraine of prohibitions with administrative prejudice: criminal-legal innovation or a step backwards?";  Senior Researcher of Аcademician Stashis Scientific Research Institute for the Study of Crime Problems of the National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor Yurii Danylchenko - "Violation of traffic rules in a state of intoxication as a characteristic manifestation of the state of singularity of Ukrainian society";  Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty № 1, KhNUIA, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine Oleksii Lytvynov "On criminological innovations and some disappointing results of their implementation"; Director of Аcademician Stashis Scientific Research Institute for the Study of Crime Problems of the National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor Vladyslava Batyrhareieva - "The attitude of the population of Ukraine to measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as a manifestation of the singularity of mass consciousness".

Summing up the conference, the Rector thanked everyone for participating in the scientific event and fruitful cooperation and noted that the conference will be a significant contribution to the development of a priority issue for Ukraine - combating crime in the modern world. He wished all participants new discoveries, interesting discussions and productive scientific research on how to increase the effectiveness of combating crime.

All reports received by the organizing committee are included in the collection of abstracts of the scientific-practical conference.