Victimological Characteristics of the Personality of a Victim of Crime — Participant of Public Mass Events: Concept and Typology of Victims

Abstract

The article considers certain aspects of the victimological characteristics of the personality of the victim of a crime — participant in public mass events (including protest actions). Based on the conducted research, the author proposed the concept of the personality of a crime victim — participant in public mass events (including protest actions). The identity of the victim of a crime — participant in public mass events (including protest actions) has significant features that are due to a number of factors. The author’s approach to the typology of crime victims — participants of public mass events is given. Among the victims of crime — participants in public mass events (including protest actions), as by analogy, the typology of victims of crime can be distinguished: accidental victims, situational victims and professional victims. The study of the identity of the victim of a crime — participant in public mass events allows us to form an idea of the mechanism of committing a crime during and at the venue of public mass events (including protest actions) and to compile a victimological characteristic of the analyzed crimes. The active application by law enforcement agencies in practice of the achievements of victimology in relation to the crimes under consideration makes it possible to predict the future behavior of the victim of a crime — a participant in public mass events (including protest actions), ultimately — will lead to minimizing the victims of the analyzed crimes.