Protecting Potential Victims of Cybercrime: a Victimological Approach

Abstract

The article analyzes the nature of digital victimization, identifies key risk categories and the main forms of victim behavior in the cyber environment. Special attention is paid to preventive strategies aimed at reducing the victim potential of the individual, as well as the possibilities of legal and social response. Recommendations on the development of a system of victimological assistance, educational programs and interdepartmental cooperation are proposed. The need for the formation of a digital security culture as an element of the general prevention of cybercrime is emphasized. Recommendations for improving the victim protection system within the victimological paradigm are proposed. Individual victimological prevention is of great importance. The essential features of the process of cyber-victimization as part of the general victimological theory are noted. The problems that arise in the investigation of cybercrimes, which, in turn, have an impact on the victimological component of cybercrime, are considered. The problems that arise in the investigation of cybercrimes are considered, which, in turn, have an impact on the victimological component of cybercrimes. The key components of the behavioral model of a victim of cybercrime are identified and characterized: cognitive, emotional and behavioral. Typical patterns of behavior predisposing to victimization in cyberspace are given.

The paper presents foreign and domestic experience in the implementation of programs and projects aimed at victimological prevention in the digital space, as international experience is valuable for the formation of an effective system of victimological prevention in Russia and can serve as a basis for comparative legal analysis.