Boskhamdjieva, N. A. The Concept of Threat to Public Safety

Abstract: The author of the article analyzes opinions expressed both in law and legal literature concerning the threat to public safety. The author also provides her own definitions of the threats to public safety. The author of the article also stresses out that at the present time there is a cetain need not only in developing methodological grounds for studying threats to public safety but also specifying the causes of such threats and conceptual approaches to formation of evaluation of threats to public safety. Moreover, as many authors say, the public safety is aimed not only at defending interests but also in decreasing, preventing or eliminating threats and dangers.

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