Victimological Characteristics of Cyberbullying

Relevance. Criminal statistics of recent years confirm a significant increase in fraud in Russia committed using information and telecommunication technologies. When considering the methods of committing cyberbullying on the basis of studying the sentences of criminal courts, content analysis of mass media, its victimological characteristics are given. Special attention is paid to the identity of the victim of fraudulent actions committed on the Internet and the factors that increase the risk of becoming a victim of such crimes.

The purpose of the study is to supplement the theory of criminology with new knowledge about the digital victimization of victims of fraud committed using information and telecommunication technologies in order to effectively counter it.

Objectives: on the basis of court convictions, media reports, to supplement the victimological characteristics of cyberbullying based on the analysis of existing and new ways of committing it.

Methodology. When writing the work, the following general scientific and private scientific methods of cognition were used: analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction, statistical, documentary, formal legal, formal logical, systemic and predictive.

The results of the study consist in identifying and describing the victimized behavior of persons who have become victims of cyberbullying. The factors that increase the degree of victimization of potential victims are described. The obtained results can be used by law enforcement agencies to develop the most effective methods of victimological prevention of this type of virtual crimes.

Conclusion. Due to the specificity of the method of committing fraud (remote) It is an exception to the provisions developed by victimology on the victim of a crime. For this reason, different types of potential victims can become victims of cybercriminals.

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