CRIMINOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CRIMES AGAINST FREEDOM, COMMITTED BY ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS FEDERAL DISTRICT
The article provides a criminological characteristic of crimes against freedom committed by organized criminal groups in the North Caucasian Federal District. The relevance of the topic of the article is due to the fact that these crimes have become a common phenomenon in some regions of the Russian Federation, especially in the North Caucasus Federal District. The aim of the study is to determine the criminological indicators of crime against freedom committed by organized criminal groups. When writing the article, the methods of analysis and generalization of materials from investigative and judicial practice, polls, questionnaires of certain categories of the population were used. The article says that the most widespread crime in the North Caucasus Federal District, according to official statistics, is kidnapping. Determinants of criminality against personal freedom committed by organized criminal groups are listed. Particular attention is paid to corruption in law enforcement agencies, which contributes to the concealment of the facts of committing these crimes by organized criminal groups, the latency of crimes against personal freedom in the North Caucasus Federal District. Revealed and substantiated the need to develop a concept of economic transformations using the latest technologies, taking into account regional specifics. Some measures to prevent this category of crime are proposed. The result of the study is the formulation of conclusions that effective measures to counter organized crime against personal freedom are to improve the activities of the subjects of operational-search activities, as well as victimological socialization of the population