METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF CRIME

Oleg A. Egoshin¹, Polina S. Starygina²*, Svetlana A. Utrosina³, Andrey V. Shvetsov4
¹ As. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, oae03.egoshin@yandex.ru
²* As. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, poly222@yandex.ru
³ As. Prof., Mari State University, Russia, usa_sveta@mail.ru
⁴ Prof. Dr., Mari State University, Russia, av.shvetsov@yandex.ru
* Corresponding author

Abstract
The article presents the author's view on the problem of crime. It is emphasized that crime is determined by many factors and conditions. Directional effects on these factors can act as measures of crime prevention. Important is the question of regional features of crime. The authors use the statistical method as the main method of this study.

Keywords: crime, statistical method, factors of crime, crime prevention, crime situation, regression analysis