%0 Journal Article %T Criminological validity of amendments to the criminal law: the use of statistics and the role of the media %A Maslov, W.A. %K criminal policy, formation of criminal policy, criminal law policy, criminological validity, official statistics, crime latency, media %J Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia %D 2024 %N 2024 %P 6 %I SAINT-PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION