PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MASS EVENTS AND THEIR STUDY IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE TRANSFORMATION OF MASS EVENTS INTO MASS RIOTS

Abstract

The scientific article established that mass events are currently a rather important aspect of the social life of Ukraine. At the same time, mass events can develop into mass riots, which negatively affect the protection of public order and public safety, as well as peace in the cities where they were held. Thus, it is necessary to develop and apply various forms and methods of countering the transformation should be noted for mass riots. The article substantiates and analyzes a number of theoretical and practical sources regarding the prevention of mass riots, which were developed by researchers. At the same time, it was noted that in the process of developing forms and methods of preventing the development of mass events into mass riots, aspects were considered only from the point of view of law enforcement agencies. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account the opinions of psychologists, sociologists, economists and other fields of knowledge that influence mass events. It is substantiated that the psychological characteristics of the participants of mass events have certain overlaps, however, in each specific case, it is necessary to take into account various factors that can lead to the development of mass events into mass riots. It was concluded that each mass event is to some extent unique, but the issue of psychological protection against the development of mass events into mass riots can be developed in general, and therefore the directions of such development should become a priority for scientists in the field of law enforcement. When considering the issue of the development of mass events into mass riots, it is necessary to take into account the psychology of such a crowd, because it has been proven that a person who is in a crowd in the vast majority dissolves as an individual and under the influence of the crowd can perform actions that he would not have performed outside the crowd. Therefore, a classification of crowds is also proposed, which would help in solving the problem of the development of a mass event into mass riots.