The course of lectures discusses the essence and patterns of crime, its causes and conditions, the identity of the offender and the mechanism of criminal behavior. Particular attention is paid to crime prevention issues. Criminological characteristics of certain types of crimes and negative phenomena associated with crime are given, measures for their prevention are set out. The results of scientific research, materials of criminal statistics are widely used. This publication is supplemented by lectures on terrorist crimes, corruption crimes and measures to prevent them. The book is recommended as a textbook for students of higher educational institutions of legal profile, and may also be of interest to law enforcement officials.