Informal Youth Associations as a Business Reality

Abstract

abstract. Informal youth environment is not only an integral part of today's reality but also a complex multi-vector problem. The purpose of the article is to study business processes as one of the aspects of the activity of individual youth informal associations. Methodology. In the process of work on the article, scientific literature devoted to youth informal associations is analysed. In addition, such theoretical methods as synthesis, comparison, classification are used. The empirical basis for the study is the survey of 1668 representatives of various youth informal groups in 7 cities of Ukraine (Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, Kherson) during 2016-2017. A special questionnaire was developed. Conclusions. On the basis of the analysis of the survey results, informal associations are divided into three groups: youth informal associations, on which people earn (skinheads and hipsters); youth informal associations that earn (freaks, suicidal groups in social networks); youth informal associations, on which people earn and that earn (anime fans, gamers, bikers, football fans). Features of their consumer and business opportunities in Ukraine are revealed. It is concluded that the "life activity" of informal communities is predetermined not only by some ideas, views, moods, way of life but also by business opportunities and opportunities to make a profit. The originality of the work is that for the first time since Ukraine gained independence, youth informal groups are seen as a platform for engaging in entrepreneurial activities. Practical significance. The results of the study can be used to further study of various aspects of the youth informal environment. In particular, in the context of combating illegal business activities, tax evasion.

Features of the investigation of hooliganism committed by football fans

“…Consider this phenomenon also as an element of the extremist environment (Trofimov, 2015); as a kind of street gangs (Vayle, 2012), or as a "protest group", or a youth group (in which the business component is of great importance) (Kolomoets et al, 2017). Researchers of illegal activities of football fans note the presence in the environment of such negative trends as increasing the number of serious and especially serious crimes committed in conditions of increased organization and politicization of football fans from among young people who are "mass extremist" (Vayle, 2012) with the perception of race and nationalist ideology (Meitin, 2003); their business component is becoming increasingly important in the activities of fan groups, although such groups were created as protest groups (Kolomoets et al, 2017).…”

“…Currently, the legal support for professional sports remains at a very low level (Tkalych et al, 2020). Considering the transformational changes in modern football, which is gradually becoming a larger business platform (Kolomoets et al, 2017), we can not ignore those, who consider themselves the most loyal fans of the "game of millions" -football fans. Football admiration has become a way of life, a subculture of recreation, and, sometimes, the ideology of life for a long time.…”

Interrogation of the victims during the investigation of crimes committed by youth extremist groups

“…The informal organizations have been the subject of study by Boyko (2001), Khaletska (2008), Kolomoets, Liutikov, Larkin (2017). Vasylchuk ( 2016) has studied an extremism issues.…”

Typical Mistakes during Investigation of Crimes Committed by Youth Informal Groups Members

“…As practice shows, investigators are superficially studying the issues of financing youth informal groups (Kolomoiets et al, 2017;Boiarov et al, 2019), which impedes their elimination, and after a certain time, "new", "recovering" groups continue to commit criminal assaults that could escalate into transnational extremism (Davydov, 2016).…”