CONCEPT AND ESSENCE OF AGGLOMERATION AS CRIMINOLOGICAL CATEGORY Akhunov Denis Robertovich, postgraduate student. <...> Place of study: Kazan Law Institute of MIA Russia. <...> E-mail: rutadena@yandex.ru Annotation: The article reveals the concept of agglomeration as the criminological categories, analyzed different views on its definitions, approaches to definition, highlighted the essential characteristics, and specific factors such criminality administrative-territorial entity. <...>