Journal section ACTUAL ISSUES IN JURISPRUDENCE
Criminological characteristics of persons committing mob justice in Russia
We present a summary of the study on criminological characteristics of persons committing mob justice in Russia. The category «lynching» and the process of its glorification in the community are defined. The problem of risk of popularization of spontaneously created killings of criminals and persons conducting antisocial lifestyle among the citizens of modern Russia is formulated and substantiated.
Keywords: мob justice; «avengers»; «folk heroes».
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a Senior Researcher, the Research Institute of the Federal
Penitentiary Service of Russia, PhD in Law
, e-mail niifsin_smirnov@mail.ru
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