General requirements

1. Articles written in Ukrainian or English that have not been previously published and have not been submitted for consideration for publication in other publications, including electronic ones, are accepted for publication.
2. Articles in English that have been translated from Ukrainian must be accompanied by a document with the text in the original language, formatted in accordance with the established requirements. Such articles are previously checked by the editorial office for the quality of the translation (in case of inadequate quality, the manuscript is returned for revision).
3. Articles in *.doc or *.docx format are accepted for consideration. All non-text objects must be created using the built-in tools of Microsoft Word (elements must be grouped). Graphs and figures must be of high quality (600 dpi for graphs and 300 dpi for color and black-and-white figures) and made with the possibility of their editing, and formulas must be created using the Microsoft Equation editor. Illustrations can be placed directly in the article (centered, text wrapping around the image is prohibited) or submitted as separate files in JPG format. All graphs, figures, tables and formulas must be numbered and submitted after the reference to them in the text.
4. The text of the article and metadata should be typed in Times New Roman font, size – 12 pt, line spacing – 1.0 pt, margins – 2 cm on all sides, width alignment, paragraph indentation 1 cm.
5. The length of the article (without metadata) should be at least 6 pages (from 3,000 to 7,000 words) including tables, graphs, figures, as well as a bibliographic list.
6. It is mandatory to have: UDC (written in the upper left corner of the page in the first line), a list of sources used (prepared in accordance with DSTU 8302:2015) and References (in accordance with the ARA style).
7. The article must contain the full amount of metadata provided in two languages ​​(Ukrainian and English), which include:

• full name, patronymic and surname of the authors (the author's first and last name must be transliterated according to the requirements stipulated by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On the Systematization of the Transliteration of the Ukrainian Alphabet into the Latin Alphabet" dated January 27, 2010 No. 55), academic degree, academic title, position, place of work or study with the mandatory indication of the address and structural unit of the higher education institution (department/faculty/institute, etc.), ORCID (the author's profile content must contain an exhaustive list of publications and current affiliation data). The maximum number of co-authors is three people;
• article title (should be informative, relevant, reflect the problem investigated in the article and should not exceed 90 characters with spaces);
• abstract (not less than 1800 characters with spaces, including keywords; should highlight the relevance, purpose, methodology of problem analysis, research results, scientific novelty, and practical significance). The abstract should not contain references and abbreviations, and should not duplicate the text of the article (in accordance with the requirements of international scientometric databases of abstracting and indexing);
• keywords and phrases (five to seven) that relate to the topic of the research, do not duplicate the title of the article, and do not contain common words.

1. The main text of the study may correspond to the IMRAD structure (introduction, literature review, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions) or have the structure of review articles (introduction; main part, divided into logical sub-items; conclusions): introduction (introduction) - no less than five references; materials and methods (if the article has an experimental focus) or methodological framework (if the article is theoretical). You can separate the section literature review; results (results); discussions (discussion). It is necessary to indicate which researchers have studied a similar problem and what aspects they considered, what is the novelty of the study; conclusions (conclusions); recommendations (recommendations, i.e. for whom the materials of the article are of value). The names of the structural elements of the article should be highlighted in bold and placed on the left edge (see a schematic sample of the article design in Appendix 1).

 

Requirements for citing sources used

1. In the article, the author must provide references to sources, materials or individual results that were used in the text. The list of sources used must contain new sources (over the last three years) and 30% must consist of scientific works published in journals indexed in the Scopus or Web of Science databases.
2. References to sources in the text should be indicated in parentheses, for example: (Ivanov, 2022). No more than three sources should be mentioned in one citation.
3. Ignoring the rules of borrowed text (lack of quotation marks in direct quotations, references to sources, etc.) may result in some fragments of the article being considered plagiarism, which will result in publication being refused.
4. The editorial board recommends avoiding references to works published more than 10 years ago. It is undesirable to use Internet publications, except for scientific ones (sources must be accessible), theses of reports, reports, abstracts and dissertations. It is worth avoiding the use of Russian sources and references to your own scientific works (no more than 10% self-citation is allowed).

 

Requirements for the list of sources used

1. The list of sources used must be provided in Ukrainian and English. The bibliographic list submitted in Ukrainian is drawn up in accordance with DSTU 8302:2015 “Information and documentation. Bibliographic reference. General provisions and rules of compilation”. The English version is submitted in accordance with the international bibliographic standard APA 6th Referencing Style (Appendix 2).
2. The list of sources used and References should consist of at least 25 sources.
3. According to the recommendations of international citation databases, the bibliography of the article should contain a core of sources that determine the development of a particular field of science. 80% of sources should have a DOI, a digital object identifier (with the exception of retro editions - 10%), which is given with a space after the bibliographic description of the source.
4. Descriptions of sources are arranged alphabetically. Each source in the list of references must have at least one reference in the text. In the absence of references, the article may be rejected.

 

ATTENTION! Authors are fully responsible for adhering to the principles of academic integrity, the reliability of the presented material, the accuracy of the cited quotations, statistical data, proper names, as well as for the fact that the materials do not contain data that is not subject to open publication. Articles submitted in violation of the specified requirements will not be accepted for publication. The fact of plagiarism detected by the editorial board is an unconditional basis for rejecting the article. The editorial board also does not consider articles in which at least one of the authors does not have an ORCID.

 

 

For questions about placing articles in professional publications of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, please contact:

"Scientific Bulletin of the National Academy of Internal Affairs" (published four times a year) - tel.: (044) 520-08-47; e-mail: [email protected];

"Legal Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs" (published four times a year) - tel.: (044) 520-08-47; e-mail: [email protected];

"Philosophical and methodological problems of law" (published twice a year) - tel.: (044) 520-08-47; e-mail: [email protected];

"Legal Psychology" (published twice a year) – tel.: (044) 520 08 89; e-mail: [email protected] .

«Nauka i pravoohorona» (published four times a year) - tel.: (044) 520-08-47; e-mail: [email protected];

Address for correspondence: 03035, Ukraine, Kyiv, Solomyanska Square, 1; e-mail: [email protected]  (Department for the preparation of educational and scientific publications of the NAIA).

 

 

Appendix 1

 

UDC (Times New Roman, 12 point, left aligned)

 

Article title (Times New Roman, 14 point, bold, center aligned)

 

First name, Last name (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, center aligned)

 

Academic degree, academic title, ORCID

Full name of the higher education institution (organization, institution)

Postal address of the higher education institution (organization, institution)

(Times New Roman, 12 point, center aligned)

 

Abstract (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, width alignment, without paragraph indentation). The abstract is submitted in English and Ukrainian with identical content (each - at least 250 words). The abstract must be informative (not contain common words, not duplicate information from other sections of the article), meaningful and structured (correspond to the following structure: relevance, purpose of the work, list of methods used, main research results, practical value of the work). Research results should make up about 70% of the volume of the abstract. The use of abbreviations, footnotes and references is not allowed. Translation into English must be professional, without the use of "machine" translation tools.

 

Keywords (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, aligned) : 5–7 words or phrases related to the research topic are provided. Keywords cannot duplicate the title of the article and cannot consist of common words.

 

Title of the Paper (Times New Roman, font size 14 pt, bold, centered)

 

Name Surname (Times New Roman, font size 12 pt, bold, centred, single line spacing)

 

Academic degree, ORCID

Full name of the university

Institutional postal address

 (Times New Roman, font size 12 pt, regular, centred, single line spacing)

 

Abstract (Times New Roman, font size 12 pt, bold, justified). Text of the abstract (Times New Roman, font size 12 pt, justified, no paragraph indentation, single line spacing).

 

Keywords (Times New Roman, font size 12 pt, bold, justified): keyword 1, keyword 2, … keyword 7.

 

Introduction (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, left aligned)

Text of the "Introduction" section (Times New Roman, 12 point, width-aligned).

The section highlights the current state of the problem at the global level, analyzes recent research and publications with references to relevant scientific publications
(7–10 publications) over the past 3–5 years. The relevance, goal, objectives of the research and the scientific novelty of the work are substantiated. References to the literature should be given in parentheses, for example: O. Bondarenko (2022) noted…. No more than three sources should be cited in one reference.

 

Literature review (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, left aligned)

Text of the section "Literature Review" (Times New Roman, 12 point, width alignment).

The section is optional and should contain the results of research by scientists who have analyzed individual aspects of the problem under study. Each scientist's name should be accompanied by a corresponding reference from the list of sources used.

 

Materials and Methods (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, left aligned)

Text of the “Materials and Methods” section (Times New Roman, 12 point, width alignment).

The section describes the main stages of scientific work and justifies the choice of methods, techniques, approaches or actions used to obtain new scientific research results. The strategies and criteria for forming the sample are explained (if the article contains an empirical part), the experimental basis of the study is indicated. The presented methodology should provide a complete picture of the progress of the study in such a way that other scientists can repeat it using the same materials and methods. The section "Materials and Methods" is mandatory in the structure of the scientific work.

 

Results and Discussion (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, left aligned)

The text of the section "Results and Discussion" (Times New Roman, 12 point, width alignment). The section presents the main research material with a full justification of the obtained scientific results. Tabular or graphic materials must be submitted with the results of statistical data processing. Reference sources and notes are placed directly under the tables and figures. It is necessary to avoid the use of personal pronouns, evaluative judgments, elements of description of the methodology and direct repetition in the text of the data presented in the tables and graphic materials. Numerical results must be rounded according to established rules, taking into account the average error of the experiment, confidence interval or distribution of values. The research results must be sufficiently substantiated, methodologically correctly presented, have novelty and practical value. The "Discussion" described by the author in an exemplary manner provokes a discussion, invites other scientists interested in the topic to take part in it, indicating their substantiated vision of the presented problem. Here, the most important scientific facts established are considered, taking into account previously presented data and analysis results, as well as literary sources of a similar direction of research, which present the current state of the problem. In the "Discussion" section, it is important to compare your results with the data of other scientists.

 

Conclusions (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, left aligned)

Text of the “Conclusions” section (Times New Roman, 12 point, width alignment).

The conclusions should fully and specifically reflect the results of the research, correspond to the purpose and title of the article, and verbatim duplication of the text in the abstract is unacceptable. Prospects for further research on the selected topic should be indicated.

 

Acknowledgements (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, left aligned)

Text of the "Acknowledgements" section (Times New Roman, 12 point, width alignment).

The section is mandatory, it expresses gratitude to individuals or organizations for the technical assistance provided; ideas; financial (material) support, thanks to which the research became possible.

If there are no acknowledgements in the article, then "None" is indicated.

 

Conflict of Interest (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, left-aligned) Text of the section “Conflict of Interest” (Times New Roman, 12 point, width-aligned). The journal must disclose all potential sources of conflict of interest. A conflict of interest is any interest or relationship that could be perceived as affecting the author’s objectivity. They must be disclosed if they are directly related or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. The presence of a conflict of interest does not prevent publication. If the authors do not have a conflict of interest, they must declare it when submitting the article and include a corresponding statement in the “Conflict of Interest” section. The corresponding author is responsible for familiarizing himself with this policy together with all authors and collectively disclosing all relevant commercial and other relationships when submitting the article. Detection of improper disclosure of a conflict of interest during article submission or during the review process may result in rejection of the manuscript.

If there is no conflict of interest in the article, then “None” is indicated.

 

List of sources used (Times New Roman, 12 point, bold, left aligned)

The list of sources used is provided in Ukrainian and English, and should consist of at least 25 sources. The list of sources used should contain new sources (for the last 3–5 years) and 30% should consist of scientific works indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. It is undesirable to use Internet publications, except for scientific ones (sources must be accessible), abstracts of reports, reports, abstracts and dissertations; it is worth avoiding the use of Russian sources and references to your own scientific works (no more than 10% self-citation is allowed).

References in the text to sources must be indicated in parentheses "()", for example: (Ivanenko, 2022). If you need to indicate a reference within a line, you should indicate the year in "()", for example: "M. Tymoshyk (2022) proposes ..." In this case, the names and years of the sources in the text must clearly match the data in the list of sources used, and in the list of literature they must be arranged alphabetically. No more than three sources may be mentioned in one citation.

 

References (Times New Roman, font size 12 pt, bold, flush left)

Technical requirements for the design of the list of used sources: Times New Roman, font size 12 pt, width alignment, serial number in square brackets, no paragraph indentation, single line spacing, spacing before and after the paragraph – 0 pt.

 

Graphic materials. Illustrations, diagrams, figures and diagrams are presented with sequential numbering in the text and are placed immediately after the paragraph in which they are first mentioned. The title of the graphic material is presented directly below the image, and sources and notes are presented under the given title. Illustrations must be provided in good quality (300 dpi, CMYK color mode).

Figure 1. Figure title (Times New Roman, 12 point, center aligned)

Notes: (Times New Roman, 10 point, justified, no paragraph indentation).

Source: developed by the author based on research by I.I. Ivanenko (2022) (Times New Roman, 10 point, width alignment, no paragraph indentation).

 

Tables. All tables should be numbered consecutively in the text and placed immediately after the paragraph in which they are first mentioned. The title should be placed directly below the table, and references and notes should be placed below the title. The data presented in the table should be presented in 10-point Times New Roman font.

 

Table 1. Table title (Times New Roman, 12 point, width alignment, no paragraph indentation)

Notes: (Times New Roman, 10 point, justified, no paragraph indentation).

Source: developed by the author based on research by I.I. Ivanenko (2022) (Times New Roman, 10 point, width alignment, no paragraph indentation).

 

Formulas. Must be created using the Microsoft Equation editor, variable mathematical quantities in the text are typed in italics. All mathematical equations must be centered, while the ordinal number of the formula in question must be indicated in parentheses near the right margin.

Regulatory and legislative documents. They are placed in footnotes at the end of each page, while the specified legal acts should not be displayed in the list of sources used. Sources in footnotes are formatted in accordance with the requirements of the journal, the citation style is APA 6 ^th reference style. According to the Law of Ukraine “On Education” [1] , …

 

Appendix 2

Tips for formatting References

and a list of sources used

 

In References , which consists of descriptions of original English-language and/or Latin-transliterated sources, and a list of sources used (in Cyrillic), the order and number of sources should match and remain unchanged.

You can create a bibliographic description in accordance with APA style on the website of online automatic citation generation: Citation Machine (http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-book); http://www.bibme.org/apa/book-citation/manual or another.

The official transliteration of the Ukrainian alphabet into the Latin alphabet was approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated January 27, 2010 No. 55 “On the Systematization of the Transliteration of the Ukrainian Alphabet into the Latin Alphabet .” Online transliterator – http://ukrlit.org/transliteratsiia .

If a Ukrainian journal is published in English translation, the English versions of the journal title and article should be used.

DOIs of publications can be found at http://www.crossref.org.

 

References and a list of sources used, prepared in accordance with generally accepted requirements, will look like this:

 

References

Akimov, M.O. (2018). Criminal defense of individual freedom: problems and solutions. Scientific herald of Sivershchyna, 1(3), 141-151. doi: 10.32755/sjlaw.2018.01.141.

Gundy A.V., & Baumann-Grau, A. (2016). Women, Incarceration, and Human Rights Violations: Feminist Criminology and Corrections by Ashgate. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315546605.

Kozeratska, O.A. (2018). Analysis of the statistical validity of the justification of the criteria of "limited sanity" for persons who committed sexual offenses. International Academy Journal, 2, 10-14. doi: 10.31435/rsglobal_wos/12072018/5982.

Schukking, J. (2018). Protection of human rights and the Rule of Law in Europe: A shared responsibility. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 36(2), 152-158. doi: 10.1177/0924051918767967.

 Vdovenko, N.M. (2013). State regulation of aquaculture in Ukraine monohrafiya. Kyiv: Kondor. doi: 10.25313/2520-2057-2013-5-465.

Walklate, S., McCulloch, J., Fitz-Gibbon, K., & Maher, J. (2019). Criminology, gender and security in the Australian context: Making women’s lives matter. Theoretical Criminology, 23(1), 60-77. doi: 10.1177/1362480617719449.

 

List of sources used

Akimov M. O. Criminal legal protection of personal freedom: problems and solutions. Scientific Bulletin of the Seversk Region. 2018. No. 1 (3). P. 141–151. doi: 10.32755/sjlaw.2018.01.141 .

Gundy A. V., Baumann-Grau A. Women, Incarceration, and Human Rights Violations: Feminist Criminology and Corrections by Ashgate. London : Routledge, 2016. 156 р. doi: 10.4324/9781315546605.

Kozeratska O. A. Analysis of the statistical reliability of the justification of the criteria for “limited sanity” in persons who committed sexual crimes. International Academy Journal. Web of Scholar. 2018. No. 2. P. 10–14. doi: 10.31435/rsglobal_wos/12072018/5982.

Schukking J. Protection of human rights and the Rule of Law in Europe: A shared responsibility. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights. 2018. Vol. 36 (2). Р. 152–158. doi: 10.1177/0924051918767967.

Vdovenko N. M. State regulation of aquaculture in Ukraine: monograph. Kyiv: Condor, 2013. 464 p. doi: 10.25313/2520-2057-2013-5-465 .

Walklate S., McCulloch J., Fitz-Gibbon K., Maher J. Criminology, gender and security in the Australian context: Making women’s lives matter. Theoretical Criminology. 2019. № 23 (1). Р. 60–77. doi: 10.1177/1362480617719449.

 

 

[1] Law of Ukraine № 2145-VІІІ «On Education». (2017, September). Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2145-19/ed20170905#Text.