Review of the official opponent to a PhD (Law) thesis (major 12.00.08): Buchaev S. M. “Criminological issues of counteracting the process of forming a personality of a terrorist”

• Main Author: Aleksey V. Petryanin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tatar Educational Center "TAGLIMAT" Ltd. 2019-09-01
• Series: Aktualʹnye Problemy Èkonomiki i Prava
• Subjects: review
• Online Access: http://apel.ieml.ru/storage/archive_articles/9928.pdf
• ISSN: 1993-047X; 2410-0390

Objective to conducting a comprehensive analysis of the PhD Law thesis by S. M. Buchayev on the topic ldquoCriminological issues of counteracting the process of forming a personality of a criminalterroristrdquo defended in 2019 in the Dissertation Council D 999.132.02 at Chechen State University and Southwestern State University. Methods dialectic approach to the cognition of social phenomena allowing to analyze them in the historical development and functioning in the context of a set of objective and subjective factors which determined the choice of the following research methods formallogical comparativelegal sociological. Results the authorrsquos idea is studied which is aimed at solving the criminological problems of counteracting the process of formation of a criminalterrorist personality. The relevance of the research is proved. The most frequently used method of recruitment is highlighted based on the scenario of social inequality using the Internet telecommunication network. The main provisions representing the authorrsquos concept are confirmed. The reviewerrsquos views on the thesis are presented concerning the definition of the characteristics of an individual terrorist terrorist crimes as a whole and the system impeding the formation of a criminalterrorist personality. A number of the thesis provisions are critically evaluated including its narrow geography correlation between extremism and terrorism and the authorrsquos system of terrorist crimes. Scientific novelty the doctrinal merits of the thesis are identified the provisions that require additional theoretical and applied reasoning are revealed. In general the thesis by S. M. Buchayev significantly deepens and expands doctrinal positions on the nature methods and means of countering the process of a criminal terrorist personality formation. Practical significance the main provisions and conclusions of the article can be used in scientific pedagogical and law enforcement activities when considering and researching the issues related to the current state of recruitment and the personality of a person committing terrorist crimes.