CRIMINAL VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY CONVICTS IN PLACES OF DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY

Abstract

The article reveals the specific features and variety of violent crimes committed in penitentiary institutions. Special attention is focused on criminogenic determining factors and their types. The personal traits of convicts that determine the demographic, role and moral and psychological characteristics of a violent criminal are considered, as well as the subspecies of victimization characteristic of places of isolation are highlighted. The paper substantiates the need for proper personal security of prisoners, since it is precisely because of the lack of security guarantees that convicted persons usually commit violent illegal acts, causing harm to themselves and others. Some aspects of the article are devoted to measures of general and individual prevention, taking into account the personal qualities of various categories of convicts. In order to eliminate and minimize criminogenic factors, it is proposed to pay special attention to the organization of preventive work among prisoners, taking into account their individual characteristics and propensity to violence. In turn, the staff of penitentiary institutions need to more carefully regulate and control the processes taking place in the subculture of convicts. In this connection, they should constantly improve their professional level in order to have sufficient knowledge to diagnose interpersonal and intergroup tensions among prisoners, as well as the ability to smooth out and localize conflicts arising between convicts that are fraught with the threat of criminal violence.