Of all the impressions I got from the materials, published in the first edition of the Bulletin, I would like to point out the following:

1. I think the title of the Bulletin to be rather adequate and successful, especially the application of the word «outlook». It includes the freedom of thought, variety of approaches to disputable questions, tolerance to other opinion and point of view, different to that of the Editorial Board. It is a very important factor of the existence and maintenance of an objective approach to the discussion of disputable and vital questions of modern criminology.
2. The topics announced within the first edition are actually the programs of activity of the Bulletin for the nearest and far-away future. They include the Bibliographic Boon (Radischev), History of Criminology, Criminal Penology, Cyber Criminology, Critical Criminology, etc.

I would like to wish the organizers and the Editorial Board of the Bulletin success in bringing life their multiple and grand ideas.

M. P. Juravlev,

Doctor of Law, Professor,

Honored jurist of RF, Honored worker of MIA RF 

I treat the publication of the first edition of the Bulletin just as a beginning of a new era of domestic criminology. I’m sure, that in case the founders and the Editorial Board follow the announced program, the Bulletin is to become the leading Russian criminological edition. As a reader, I was reassured by its two directions. First, the historical one. The great amount of interesting and undeservedly forgotten materials, which are in an urgent need to the studying of our modern criminality. I think that a well-known phrase, that «history teaches that it teaches nothing» would be disproved many times by the found and published historical boons. The second is the reference to the analysis of criminological problems (what comes out of the article by the Editor-in-Chief), to classical literature as not an illustrative material, but as a serious scientific source, able to amend professional approaches to the solving of the most important criminological problems. Wish you success at such a difficult but such an important to science, society and State way ahead!

A.v. Naumov,

Professor, Doctor of Law

(Russian Juridical Academy of the Ministry of Justice of RF),

Member of Scientific Consulting Council within the Supreme Court of Russian Federation

I think it’s a start to a big deal. The Bulletin is addressed not only to a professional criminologists, but first of all — to the young — students, military school students, post-graduate students, military competitors, interested in criminology. Thus, it is especially necessary to pay enough attention to the history of foreign and domestic criminology, outstanding scientist criminologists' personalities, publication of works which represent themselves a bibliographic rarity. Wish you good luck!

E. F. Pobegailo,

Doctor of Law, Professor, RANS Academician

Honored scientific worker of RF, 3rd Class State Council of Justice

Reviewing of the very first editions of RCO was sufficiently simplified by its low volume (125 pages), which makes 4–5 times less that the editions of the several previous years. All I can is to sympathize with the experts of these times. Thus, I was at a risk to loose something precious, which could have escaped by attention. Moreover, in addition to what was already by my colleague, I would like to point out several advantages of Edition 2, 2005. first of all, this is an article by Y. I. Gilinsky on criminal risks in Russia. The author analyzes the risks professionally and in detail. Of course, Yakov Ilyich is right pointing out corruption as number one problem for modern Russia. Unfortunately, the Power is too late and too slow in dealing with this problem. Professor O.v. Vedernikova presents a concept of a new scientific direction in criminology — international criminology (criminal Globalistics). The author analyzes world tendencies of criminality, presents the classification and factors of criminal globalization, defines some possible world strategies of criminality counteraction.

G. G. Gorshenkov within anti-criminal politics formulates basic theses of a new theory of anti-criminal personal safety quite accurately and precisely.

v. V. Maltsev’s description of criminal law politics contours seems to be quite interesting. But the basic concept seems to be disputable: I think it is not quite right to call criminal law politics «an activity…" (p.63). I think it is not activity in itself, but its priorities, accents, main directions, etc. It is a pity that the author hasn’t mentioned Professor Dagel. P. S. , Korobeev A.v. , Uss A.v. among those, who elaborated the bases of criminal politics concept.

All in all, the Edition contains solid materials, which by right came to the selection of contemporary criminological knowledge.

V. A. Nomokonov,

Doctor of Law,

Professor

«Russian Criminological Outlook» from the very beginning declared itself as a significant, advanced and original event in juridical practical periodicals. The second edition was a kind of exclusion from that point of view. All the published material are o scientific character and it is quite difficult to point out something of most importance.

In this edition one could point out the section «History of Criminology in Original». It includes the Code of Regulations on Crime Prevention and Precautions» of 1832, published in its original, which preserves not only the sense but also the very essence of the document. Later such publications of pre-Soviet documents has become a tradition.

The value of publication of the Code is especial. Such documents were published neither in Soviet nor in our times, thus some of its theses are still in action. It could be a foundation in elaboration of crime prevention law, which is thought to be necessary in criminology for almost half a century. Now such a law does not exist, and the Code, let’s point out it one’s again, could make basis for a practical manual for law enforcement officers in its modern perusal.

This edition became a starting point for the section «Criminology Directions in Doctoral Theses». In contains Abstract to the thesis paper by M. M. Babaev «Theoretical Bases of Criminological Studying of Social Demographic Processes in USSR» (defended in 1975), which is a outstanding work, being the foundation to a corresponding direction in criminology for many years ahead. This publication predetermined the appearance of nominal editions in «Russian Criminological Outlook», which contribute a lot to the development of domestic criminology.

The section «Theory of Criminology ad Law» opens in the Edition by the article by Y. I. Gilisky «Criminal Risks in Russia», based on statistical accountings and devoted to the analysis of criminal safety problems. The author grounds the necessity of acceptance of extra measures to enforce such safety, being one of the most important index of the life standards.

It is also necessary to point out an article by v. V. Maltsev «Criminal Law Politics and Criminal Law Targets: Social Determination and Conceptual Legal Explication». One of its strong points is the offers to perfect the criminal legal base of criminality prevention, formed by values guarded by the law. To develop the topic of articles by Y. I. Gilinsky and v. V. Maltsev, the Bulletin edited an article by G. G. Gorshenkov «Anti-Criminal Safety of Personality», in which the author formulates and solves many important questions of criminological safety of a person.

Materials, published in the sections «Criminal Juvenility», «Criminology and Executive Power» and «Critical Criminology» are also very substantial and important. Thus, we suppose, that the section «Criminology and Executive Power» could have been named more significantly, for example «Criminology of Power and Power of Criminology». In this section it is important to prove substantially that criminology is not a «servant» to the Power, not a «sponger», «hanger on» or «poor relative», and power itself is a power of law and order and legality.

The start was given to the publication of the list of the most significant works on criminology and corresponding fields of knowledge, which later became a tradition.

One could say that this edition, being one of the first, became famous and worth of its nowadays glory.

Recalling what the «Russian Criminological Outlook» started with, one could declare, that the future of this Bulletin could impress, rejoice and teach us a lot and, simply,guide in manifesting law and order, which could prevent the country from coming to the edge of the world progress and bring it back the role of an avant-garde and leader for a long time, if not forever.

P. N. Panchenko,

Doctor of Law,

Professor, Honored jurist of RF

The feature of the Edition is of course a new section «Criminological Directions in Doctoral Theses». It is notable that the first publication was that of the Abstract by M. M. Babaev, a famous scientist. Modern Russian criminology bases on the work of such scientists as Mikhail Matveevich. Thus, M. M. Babaev should not ask the reader to be indulgent, the theses in the abstract dealing with migration criminality are still vital and the degree of the readiness of the research needs to be envied for and respected.

It is necessary to point out two more materials (maybe this likeness is of subjective character: love for history and questions of law reflection in belles letters). First of all, this is a publication of the Code of Criminality Prevention and Precautions, second, an article by N. S. Prokurova «Still alive the mighty forces…», devoted to the question of crime and punishment in «Dead House Notes» by F. M. Dostoevsky.

A. I. Chuchaev,

Doctor of Law,

Professor

The Edition is rather successful, it demonstrates the constant link between criminal law and criminology, bringing up the respect to our readers. It cannot be any other way, because the person of this edition is Eduard Filipovitch Pobegailo.

This Edition seems to be especially interesting and sufficient. Thus, we’ve become accustomed of it. The absolute spices of the edition are scientific biographic materials, devoted to the Patriarch of Russian criminal law science Professor E. F. Pobegailo. Especial interest and validity belongs to the published abstracts to the candidate and doctoral theses by Eduard Filipovitch. I think that not everyone knows that the candidate thesis was wrote at the level of the doctoral one, and the doctoral one presented a scientific report, combining all the scientific works published before. Now we can judge ourselves. By one word, this edition is a success. Thanks to the Editorial Board of the Bulletin.

This is a wonderful edition about a well-educated scientist, wonderful man and a friend — Eduard Filipovitch Pobegailo, with whom we often meet at the roads of criminology and criminal law far abroad.

The edition of the Bulletin is successful as it is devoted to a bright and outstanding personality of Professor Babaev Mikhail Matveevich.

It is a pity I had no possibility to take part in the edition as at this time I was abroad. The main advantage of the edition is a publication of the monograph by Babaev M.M. «Social Consequences of Criminality», which has, on one hand, became a bibliographic rarity, and on the other hand, it has become classics and was included to criminological reader.

Congratulations to the Editorial Board and, especially, to the readers as this contradiction was eliminated. Thanks.

I can say that this edition is one of the best ones.