The textbook examines the basic theoretical principles and gives practical recommendations necessary for students to deeply master the compulsory academic discipline “Criminology” and their subsequent use in their work in the conditions of the formation of a civil society and the rule of law. The study of the provisions of this discipline is intended to form in students a scientifically based idea of crime as an objectively inherent phenomenon in modern society, of the possibility of a positive impact on it with the help of general and special criminological measures to prevent it. The textbook also reveals the criminological features of certain groups of crimes and their prevention. The textbook, intended for students, may be of interest to teachers, graduate students, researchers at legal higher education institutions, as well as to practical law enforcement workers.