The article highlights the social functions of the alimony fund, the creation of which, in the author’s opinion, should optimize the problem of non-payment of parental alimony in a post-divorce situation. Such functions include collection, ensuring and informational. The essence of each of these functions is briefly analyzed. The problem of departmental affiliation of the alimony fund in connection with the certainty of its social functions is analyzed. The necessity of formation of values of involved parenthood (involved fatherhood) among young people, especially young fathers, as a prevention of evasion from alimony payment in a possible post-divorce situation is postulated.

   The article deals with one of the main problems of gerontology and sociology. It is, in particular, about social activity of elderly people, motives and factors that induce them to social activity, as well as spheres in which their social activity is manifested. The statistical data of the Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the data obtained on the basis of sociological research conducted under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) Population Fund are analyzed. In addition, the author of the article reveals the nuances of the lifestyle of older people in Uzbekistan, shedding light on the unique challenges they face and the opportunities that lie ahead. As the demographic landscape around the world is undergoing significant changes, Uzbekistan is no exception, taking steps to combat the aging population. The study uses a multidimensional approach to comprehensively analyze the socioeconomic, health and cultural aspects that shape the lives of older people in this Central Asian country. Relying on a combination of quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, the study reflects the multifaceted challenges faced by the older population. Economic constraints, access to health care and social isolation emerge as key themes with implications for their overall well-being. In addition, the article explores the cultural dynamics affecting the lifestyles of the elderly, traditional family structures, social relationships, and the process of how urbanization affects their daily lives. By bridging the gap between academic research and practical implications, the article contributes to a better understanding of the complex issues surrounding the livelihoods of the elderly population in Uzbekistan. The author offers insights that can help in policy implementation in close collaboration with the community.

   According to the author’s position, the sphere of physical culture and sport is one of the main ones in the life of society, as it is directly related to physical development and human health. Sport is currently gaining popularity among young people. There are more and more people wishing to get higher sports education. In the conditions of overabundance of specialists in the field of physical culture and sports, increasing competition there is a need to study the factors affecting the competitiveness of university graduates and ways to improve it. There is a contradiction between the demands of the labor market, the state of theoretical knowledge and the structure of practice in the university. In the article the ways of formation of competitiveness of graduates of the National State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Health (NSU) named after Lesgaft are considered; the factors influencing competitiveness of graduates are revealed; practical recommendations on its improvement are given.

   The article studies telephone fraud as a new type of crime and an acute social problem. Attention is drawn to the complex nature of the problem, as it should be considered in the plane of different disciplines: general jurisprudence, criminology, social psychology, social engineering, information technology. The Bank of Russia estimates the scale of spread of this type of crime and the amount of stolen money. According to statistics, the majority of fraudulent schemes are based on social engineering techniques. The results of a sociological survey of the population conducted under the guidance of the authors of the article are indicated. It is stated that at present the coverage of the population by this type of crime is insignificant, but at the same time the majority of citizens admit that they can become a victim of telephone fraudsters. One tenth of people who receive calls from an unknown number do not interrupt the conversation, even if they realize that a fraudster is calling. Thus, they find themselves in a situation of the greatest risk. It is concluded that citizens do not take an active position in the fight against telephone fraud and very rarely report suspicious calls to the police. Based on the results of the study recommendations are given regarding the improvement of the system of prevention and fight against telephone fraud.

   The article studies the issues of staffing in law enforcement agencies. To a greater extent attention is paid to the peculiarities and difficulties of professional activity of employees (the analysis of the service of district police commissioners is taken as a basis). The problems of turnover, fixability, professional adaptation and stabilization of personnel are analyzed. The author of the article defines external and internal factors influencing the service. The importance of professional satisfaction of employees as the most important indicator of adaptation and fixability in the profession, as well as the importance of personal and socio-economic factors is determined. Motives for service are studied, the role of management organization and mentoring in staffing is considered. Priority directions of staffing in law enforcement agencies are highlighted.

   The article is focused on the topic of socio-cultural attitudes of women in rural areas. In the aspect of the study of life priorities and value orientations the analysis of women’s well-being with regard to socio-demographic characteristics is carried out. The analyzed data allowed to consider women living in rural areas as a special socio-demographic category.

   The article is focused on the analysis of the reaction of the population of St. Peters burg as a field of power-civic relations. A comprehensive approach is used, including both the tools of sociology of social movements and the model of citizens’ behavior in the space of normative coordinates. Attention is paid to the inconsistency of the adopted legislation. Emphasis is placed on the use of digital platforms to coordinate protest activity and protect their personal space.

   The article considers the possibilities of preparing teenagers for family life through the use of active-forming technologies of social work. The crisis of the institution of the family, the loss of their functions by the family has attracted the attention of scientists for more than a decade. The crisis of the family is closely connected with the spread of negative processes in society as a whole. Among them: an increase in the number of teenage pregnancies, the incidence of HIV, a decrease in the birth rate, etc. This confirms the relevance of work in the field of sexual education of schoolchildren, the formation of a positive image of the family in society, and increasing the parental and marital competence of young people. Despite this, classes to prepare schoolchildren for family life in Russian educational institutions are still not held. The authors propose to use active-shaping technologies of social work for these purposes. The interactive nature of the proposed course has many advantages. It allows teenagers to be more open in discussing intimate topics, ask clarifying questions and express their own opinions during class. The article discusses the psychosocial characteristics of adolescents, presents the results of testing an active-forming program for preparing adolescents for family life in work with high school students.

   The purpose of the study is to identify the circumstances under which a supplier can be included in the register of unfair suppliers undeservedly.

   The author has set a number of tasks: to consider the concept of public contract; to determine the problems of correct fulfillment of obligations under the concluded public contract; to analyze the practice in relation to the participants unjustly included in the register of unfair suppliers. In the process of the research general scientific and special scientific methods were used, including dialectical, systemic, historical, comparative, system-structural, formal-legal, historical-legal, comparative-legal, as well as other methods of scientific cognition, addressed to legal technique. As a result, it is revealed that there may be circumstances in which a participant is included in the register of unfair suppliers undeservedly, but the procedure for protection of such supplier is problematic due to the lack of a complete and updated list of “valid” reasons for non-fulfillment of obligations. In particular, the case studies related to the fulfillment of suppliers’ obligations under state contracts during the period of mass introduction of anti-Russian sanctions are considered. Cases in which it is possible to justify the supplier’s actions were identified. It is recommended to modernize electronic auction sites, as well as to expand the list of “valid” reasons for violations of the terms of the state contract.

   The article presents the norms of law determining the procedure of issuing certificates of release from duty on temporary incapacity for work to employees and payment of compensations related to the employee’s medical treatment. The normative legal acts, fixing legal guarantees of employees of the Emergency Control Ministry (EMERCOM) of Russia for medical care, and provisions of normative legal acts regulating medical care of citizens of the Russian Federation are considered. Examples from judicial practice concerning dismissal of an employee during his/her disability, as well as legal positions of courts in this context are given. The provisions regulating the issues of temporary disability of employees and their release from duty in case of illness, injury or other temporary disability are disclosed. Particular attention is paid to the coverage of the issue of health risks for employees of the EMERCOM of Russia associated with extreme conditions and psychological stress. The range of issues not regulated by the current legislation and requiring legal arrangement is defined.

   The article investigates the institute of suspicion in the criminal process of Russia, the historical analysis of its formation and development is carried out. The views of researchers on the content of the concepts of “suspicion”, “suspect”, “suspected” and “person under suspicion” are outlined. The authors have identified and studied the problematic aspects of the institution of suspicion, peculiarities of application of preventive measures against suspects. The grounds for the emergence of a person’s status of a suspect are shown, as well as a comparative analysis of the institute of suspicion and prosecution. It is concluded that the institute of suspicion has a long history of development in the criminal process of Russia, but today it is insufficiently regulated in the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation (CPC RF). In this regard, attention is drawn to the need to clarify the legal regulation of this institute and the introduction of the definition of the concept of “suspicion” in the CPC RF.

   In this article the authors analyze such a constitutional right of citizens of the Russian Federation as the right to housing, and pay special attention to its realization through the prism of the implementation of the procedure of registration of citizens at the place of residence.

   The relevance of the topic is justified by the presence of a number of problems in this institution, as well as its importance for the realization by citizens of many other rights.

   The study considers the current law enforcement practice, identifies legal problems associated with refusals to register citizens at their place of residence. The historical aspect of the problem under study is highlighted. The conducted analysis of law enforcement, according to the author’s position, shows that today there is an extensive practice indicating violations of the rights of individuals by the authorized bodies of registration of citizens at the place of residence, expressed in illegal refusals to register.

   The article considers criminological and criminal-legal aspects of crimes directed against the property of citizens and committed with the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). In the criminal-legal aspect, this type of crime is studied as crime against property, considering it through the prism of application of the norms of criminal legislation. Criminological understanding of property crime is aimed at studying the characteristics of crime, causes and conditions that contribute to the commission of crimes, the formation and development of the personality of the criminal, victimization aspect of crime, as well as the development of appropriate measures to counteract property crime committed with the use of ICT and the formation of appropriate directions of criminal policy of the state on the basis of understanding these aspects. As a result of the study, it has been established that due to the further development of ICTs, despite the legislative and technological measures taken, property crime committed using ICTs and the material damage caused by them are also predicted to increase. Taking this into account, it is important to continue the criminological study of this type of crime in order to curb the causes, conditions and factors contributing to the growth of this type of crime.

   According to the author’s position, due to the absence at the legislative level in the Russian Federation of criteria of good faith and bad faith of the participants of legal relations, including the creditor and debtor, the problem of objective assessment of their behavior has arisen, which may entail negative legal consequences for the bona fide party to the legal relation, and erroneous evaluative conclusions of the courts in this case will not correspond to the purposes of legal relations and the objectives of civil proceedings. In the article the author provides a model of a judicial dispute between a creditor and a debtor, which can be a starting point for the development of a universal mechanism of objective evaluation by the court of the behavior of the parties to legal relations.