Administrative offenses cases number assessment in the Russian regions

Abstract

Reducing crime is an important objective in the Russian Federation, therefore monitoring the dynamics of offending is relevant and of research interest nowadays. The aim of the article is to analyse the number of administrative offenses cases initiated by officials in the regions of the Russian Federation, as well as the changes that have occurred in the period between 2006 and 2019. In order to obtain a stable classification, all regions of Russia were ranked according to the arithmetic average number of administrative offenses cases for the period indicated. The paper implemented the cluster analysis method to identify typical, similar regions in terms of administrative offenses. The clusters and atypical regions composition according to the number of administrative offenses cases in the Russian Federation for the analysed period was formed. The deviations of the clusters and regions values from the average Russian level were calculated.

Keywords

• administrative offenses
• offenses dynamics
• changes in offenses
• standard deviation
• regional analysis
• regions ranking
• cluster analysis
• atypical regions
• regional deviations