STATUS AND TRENDS OF STREET CRIMES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The article discusses the current state of street crime, its structure and dynamics, as well as its place among crimes committed in public places, and in the overall structure of crime in general. Conclusions about the reasons for the formation of these trends are made. The leaders of criminal statistics on the crime rate in the framework of the indicator «territorial distribution of street crime» are identified, a comparative analysis of absolute and relative indicators of crime in the regions is made. The elements typical for modern street crime in the Russian Federation are highlighted. Questions of latency of street crimes, problems of their account are considered. At the same time, it is noted that, despite the existing shortcomings of accounting and registration discipline and high latency, the data presented in the statistics are sufficient to form a general idea of the structure and dynamics of street crime, as well as the analysis of these data suggests a significant role of street crimes in the overall picture of crime in general and crimes committed in public places in particular.