The right of the victim of a crime to necessary defense

The article deals with the victimological aspects of criminal law institute of necessary defense. In particular, features of realization by a victim of a crime of such right. Every citizen has the right to protection from socially dangerous encroachment. Legitimate necessary defense is not limited to the presence or absence of an opportunity to avoid an encroachment or to ask for help from other persons or authorities. At the same time, the actual infliction to the attacker of harm commensurate with the crime committed in the process of implementation of the right to necessary defense is not qualified as a crime and does not entail criminal law consequences. In the article the necessary defense is analyzed as a legal instrument of self-defense of a victim of a crime. Cases from judicial practice are considered. Theoretical generalizations about the topic are based on the analysis of empirical material. The conclusion is made that the state of necessary defense as a rule appears in the defender from socially dangerous encroachment.