Preventing Criminality in Albania

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a summary of the standards, norms, elaboration of specific policies for the prevention of crimes, various prevention strategies, the classification of prevention measures and the role of the Albanian criminal justice system in the prevention of crime and victimization. During the last decade in Albania have been positive changes in legislative aspect. Legal reforms have been multilateral. Are approved, amended and ratified many laws and are part of the albanian legislation conventions and international agreements however there is still more work to do before. As a conclusion, in preventing of criminality is important cooperation between state bodies, various organizations of civil society and foreign organizations operating in Albania who deal with the implementation of strategies for fighting against criminality. For these reasons strengthening of the criminal policy in two main directions: punitive politics and crime prevention constitutes the main current task.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2015.v4n2s2p264