Criminology Research Institute of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Our mission is to scientifically study the processes that threaten crime and public safety, to identify their causes and factors at an early stage, to forecast development trends, and to develop effective criminological solutions for the state and society — thereby helping to build a safe and sustainable social environment.
By linking the potential of science with public administration and law-enforcement practice, the Institute seeks to develop, for Uzbekistan, an evidence-based model of combating crime grounded in scientific analysis and forecasting. In our approach, crime is studied not merely as statistics, but as a complex phenomenon linked to social, economic, and technological processes. The goal is to identify the root cause, not merely the consequence.
Ten strategic objectives that turn scientific research into a state-level tool for crime prevention.
Regular monitoring of the criminogenic situation in the country, identifying quantitative and qualitative changes in crime, assessing trends by region and type of crime, and providing scientific forecasts of prospective risks.
Identifying, through interdisciplinary methods, the causes, conditions, and factors that give rise to crime, and providing a scientifically grounded explanation of their interconnections and mechanisms of influence.
Monitoring new social, technological, and criminogenic risks emerging in society, assessing their potential impact on public safety, and developing scientific solutions for their prevention.
Studying the specific characteristics of crime in every region of the Republic, identifying risk factors, and developing targeted prevention mechanisms based on each region's real conditions.
Researching existing problems in the work of ministries, agencies, regional government bodies, and law-enforcement structures, and providing scientifically grounded conclusions, recommendations, methodologies, and practical mechanisms for resolving them.
Supporting state policy on combating and preventing crime with empirical data, research, and forecasts, and increasing the share of scientific approaches in state decision-making.
Studying, on the basis of scientific criteria, the real effectiveness of current prevention systems, programs, and organizational mechanisms, and developing proposals to improve ineffective or outdated approaches.
Rather than concluding research with a scientific report alone, developing — on the basis of its findings — regulatory and legal proposals, methodologies, software products, innovative developments, and practical recommendations, and implementing them.
Applying modern information technologies, artificial intelligence, digital analysis tools, and innovative technical solutions in criminological research, and developing scientific and technological approaches against new forms of crime.
Conducting joint research with leading foreign criminology institutes, universities, and international organizations, studying advanced methodologies, and presenting Uzbekistan's criminological experience on the international scientific stage.
The Institute forms a single scientific-practical cycle that links research directly to state decision-making:
