Victimization of Contemporary Russians

The article shows results of the Russian Victimization Telephone Survey on a representative sample. It was conduct in 2018 by the Institute for Law Enforcement Problems at the European University at St. Petersburg (N = 16818). The identified level of victimization (17.8% for the last 5 years before the survey, 7.6% per year) is lower than in European countries, although several times higher than the official statistics of registered crimes in Russia. At the same time, only about half of the victims apply to Law Enforcement agencies, in less than a quarter of cases a criminal or administrative case was initiated, and only in 7.6% the cases have reached to court. Only 6% of the victims have received material compensation, and 2/3 of them have received it without a trial process. The number of satisfied victims is significantly less than the number of respondents who applied to Law Enforcement agencies and were recognized as victims. The results of the survey demonstrate essential problems in the work both The Russian Law Enforcement agencies and Courts in protecting the rights of citizens affected by crime.

Keywords

crime, victimization, institutional trust, protection of human rights

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28.09.2022

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29.09.2022

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GOST	Voscresensky F., Voskresenskaya E. Victimization of Contemporary Russians // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2022. – Issue 9 C. 139-143 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250022316-0-1-en (circulation date: 26.01.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250019757-5
MLA	Voscresensky, Fedor, Voskresenskaya, Ekaterina A "Victimization of Contemporary Russians." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 9 (2022):139-143. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250019757-5
APA	Voscresensky F., Voskresenskaya E. (2022). Victimization of Contemporary Russians. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (9), pp.139-143 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250019757-5

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