Migrants and Metropolis: Criminological Aspect

Abstract

The article examines criminological aspects of migration processes undergoing in the capital of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan. The features of conflictological opportunities among citizens of Nur-Sultan in the context of immigration and crime are analyzed. The study revealed social anxiety associated with the flow of migrantsas well assome criminological features of immigration crime. The article offers a description of immigration crime based onBeck’s theory of the “risk society”. Riskminimization should become the core of the immigration crime prevention system.