Methodological principles of building an international rating as a component of information and analytical provision of law enforcement activities

Abstract

Due to the fiscal needs of a modern state, the issue of choosing methods for assessing priority and effective directions of development of law enforcement structures is becoming increasingly relevant. The purpose of this article is to justify a methodological approach, rules, modern techniques, and methods to effectively determine the rating level of the activity of a specific law enforcement structure, unit, or the system as a whole. General scientific methods (generalization, abstraction, analogy, analysis, and synthesis) and a system of statistical methods – mass observations, absolute, relative, and average comparative values, tabular, correlation-regression, and analysis of score estimates, parametric analysis, modelling, etc., were used for the study. For a comprehensive characterization of international rating assessment, a series of constructive approaches has been proposed, which can be used separately or simultaneously, depending on the need. The identification of existing types of assessment from the standpoint of qualitative and quantitative characteristics made it possible to form a legal assessment of each of them, to justify the expediency of using a universal type of law enforcement activity assessment – international rating assessment, based on the compilation of a universal indicator. This allows evaluating both qualitative and quantitative characteristics of a particular object, law enforcement system, and determining the countryʼs ranking in the overall international rating. It has been proven that comparing the results of the activities of different structural units, types of law enforcement activities, regional and international structures involves conducting both internal and external ranking. Based on the research results, it is recommended to ensure the information focus of indicators with a view to standardizing procedures, dividing them into stimulants and depressants. As one of the simplified and accessible methods for assessing the international rating, the use of a multidimensional average is proposed, the algorithm of which is described in the article. The practical value of this work lies in the fact that the proposed methodologies can be used in decision-making and justification of management decisions