Review of the book D. V. Zhmurov “Cybervictimology”

The paper gives an expert assessment of the monographic study of the Siberian criminologist Dmitry Vitalievich Zhmurov, prepared on the topic: “Cybervictimology”, published by the authoritative Moscow publishing house “Yurlitinform” in early 2023 . The reviewer describes the main merits of the monographic study, as well as critical judgments on some issues reflected on its pages . The reviewer emphasizes the relevance of the research, its absolute scientific novelty and extreme practical significance . The author’s development of a unique concept - a private victimological theory called “cybervictimology”, which is a comprehensive study of cybervictims, their cybervictimization, peculiarities of their cybervictimization, as well as the system of victimological prevention of criminal victimization in the information space, is noted as positive aspects . The author’s criticisms of the study include the following: the structure of the work is not quite successful and the insufficient use of official departmental victimization statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia .