TY JOUR TI Criminal policy through the lens of contingency and eventfulness KW criminal policy KW determinants of criminal policy KW criminal policy as a process KW contingent events KW contingency KW actors of criminal policy KW political leader KW lobbying KW event-driven nature of criminal policy KW criminal policy event KW uncertainty of criminal policy KW criminal policy risk KW unpredictable consequences of criminal policy JO Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia AU Pudovochkin, Y.E. AU Babaev, M.M. PY 2026 IS PB SAINT-PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION