The acts of violence under the banner of social justice: criminological evaluation of collective offences committed by the modern “orderly” society

Contemporary criminological situation in the country is characterized by the aggravation of criminal aggression, cruelty and so on among the young people who support and implement ideas of struggle forjustice and elimination of social inequality. Today those youth community manifest themselves energetically which by public, often illegal acts of violence against pedophiles, homeless and others try to prove to the state and the society the effectiveness of such methods in achieving the goal of cleanup of the society from criminals. The criminological evaluation of the crimes committed by these groups allows the authors to reach new guidelines in the study and prevention of the collective crimes committed by contemporary youth hiding themselves under the guise of social justice.