Abstract
For several years in Ukraine and in other countries, the activity of informal criminal groups, in particular, of the youth groups, can be observed. Thus, there is a need for theoretical understanding of the activities of the respective criminal groups in order to make proposals for improving the current criminal procedural legislation. The article emphasizes the importance of evidential information that can be obtained during the interrogation of victims of crimes committed by youth informal groups of extremist orientation. In this connection, the authors have considered: 1) the features of the victims to be taken into account when investigating the criminal activity of informal youth extremist groups; 2) sources of information on the identification of victims of crimes committed by members of youth informal groups of extremist orientation; 3) separate questions of questioning of the specified category of victims. The scientific literature devoted to informal youth groups, fight against extremism, investigation of group crimes, etc. was analyzed during the scientific research. In addition, such scientific methods as observation, analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, extrapolation were used. The empirical basis for the study was the investigation of crimes committed by members of youth informal groups (in particular, with extremist orientation). A promising area of scientific and applied research of the stated problem is the development of methodological recommendations on the conduct of communicative investigative (search) actions, in particular, the questioning of such a procedural figure as the victim.
Highlights
The issues of the article that the authors are concerned with are relevant in view of the processes that are taking place in Ukraine and in the world at large.It is an increase in negative processes in social and economic life due to the global pandemic of the coronavirus and the associated collapse of the economy and, as a result, impoverishment of the population.All this leads to the intensification of the activities of informal criminal groups, in particular youth groups.In a youth environment, it is easier to form radical views and beliefs under the influence of social, political, economic and other factors, since young people are most vulnerable to destructive influence
It should be borne in mind that the victim in such proceedings is one of the main sources of obtaining evidential information that is relevant to the effective investigation of the case, since such a person: reports a crime, is a witness of criminal acts, has traces of, for example, violent acts and it is up to him, at the initial stage of the investigation, to determine all the circumstances of the crime, other victims, eyewitnesses, perpetrators and the motivation for their actions
These proceedings are characterized by the fact that often these crimes are committed because of certain socio-economic factors and personality traits of the offender, and depend on the specific traits of the victim: his/her nationality, belonging to a particular religion, social group, skin color, behavior, even appearance, and more
Summary
The issues of the article that the authors are concerned with are relevant in view of the processes that are taking place in Ukraine and in the world at large.It is an increase in negative processes in social and economic life due to the global pandemic of the coronavirus and the associated collapse of the economy and, as a result, impoverishment of the population.All this leads to the intensification of the activities of informal criminal groups, in particular youth groups.In a youth environment, it is easier to form radical views and beliefs under the influence of social, political, economic and other factors, since young people are most vulnerable to destructive influence. The issues of the article that the authors are concerned with are relevant in view of the processes that are taking place in Ukraine and in the world at large It is an increase in negative processes in social and economic life due to the global pandemic of the coronavirus and the associated collapse of the economy and, as a result, impoverishment of the population. All this leads to the intensification of the activities of informal criminal groups, in particular youth groups. Certain aspects of the investigation of crimes committed by such groups require scientific research to develop recommendations for law enforcement agencies
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