On the criteria for systematizing criminal risks and on the factors of crime in the migration sphere of modern Russia

Relevance. The importance of this study is determined by the need for continuous analysis of the criminogenic danger accompanying migration flows; the study of general social, group and individual aspects of migration, as well as the characteristics of migrants arriving in Russia for various reasons and the need to systematize criminal threats and risks. Purpose: a reassessment of the risks associated with criminal activity in migration flows is necessary to improve strategies to combat crime in this area and to develop clear criteria for classifying the identity of a criminal migrant. Objectives: obtaining objective data on the dynamics and proportion of migration crime; studying and determining the dangers inherent in migration flows, as well as the directions of their evolution; identifying factors influencing the state of migration and personal characteristics of migrants that generate criminal risks in the Russian Federation, systematizing and analyzing the information obtained and formulating the conclusions of the study. Methodology. In studying the research problem, general and specific methods of cognition were used: dialectical, statistical methods, comparative analysis method, synthesis, deduction and induction, system-structural, sociological and content analysis. Results. The features of modern migration, migrant behavior and their impact on the emergence of criminal and other risks and threats in Russia are analyzed, the factors influencing the commission of crimes by foreign citizens and stateless persons are detailed, as well as the possibilities of influencing the behavior of migrants by modern legislation and law enforcement; certain conclusions are made. Conclusions. The results of this study contribute to a deeper scientific understanding of the mechanisms of influence of migrant behavioral characteristics on their individual criminal behavior and the deformation of this person's behavior, on the occurrence of criminal risks and crimes in modern Russia because of this. The paper substantiates that migrant behavioral characteristics can be transformed into various kinds of social risks that threaten Russian citizens, their personality, health, inviolability of freedoms, property, public safety and public order. The considered behavioral characteristics of migrants, under certain conditions, are a trigger mechanism for the processes of risk creation and the commission of crimes by them, which predetermines one of the directions of crime prevention in the migration sphere.