“THIEVES IN LAW” AND THEIR SATELLITES THROUGH THE EYES OF EMPLOYEES OF THE RUSSIAN PENAL SYSTEM (EXPERIENCE OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH)
Rubrics: TIME LENS
Authors:
1.
Academy of the FPS of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Type:
Article
Pages:
from 382
to 389
Status:
Published
Received:
04.10.2022
Accepted:
05.10.2022
Published:
06.10.2022
Subject area:
UDK 343.9 Криминология. Криминалистика
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
“thieves in law”, “thieves' law", criminal opposition, criminal community of Russia, criminal leaders, places of imprisonment, “obshchak", crime, crime prevention, correctional officers, “watchers”
Abstract (English):
The criminal phenomenon of “thieves in law” and its impact on the activities of institutions of the Russian penal system are analyzed in the article. The criminal opposition organization, created among convicts under the general leadership of “thieves in law” in Russian prisons, is designed to serve their interests and maintain an order favorable to them among persons sentenced to imprisonment and prisoners in custody. Based on the conducted sociological research, the author comes to the conclusion that the employees of the Russian penal system do not have unambiguous moral criteria for evaluating the activities of this category of criminals in places of liberty deprivation. This, in turn, leads to the fact that there is no unified strategy for countering this criminal phenomenon in places of detention.
The criminal phenomenon of “thieves in law” and its impact on the activities of institutions of the Russian penal system are analyzed in the article. The criminal opposition organization, created among convicts under the general leadership of “thieves in law” in Russian prisons, is designed to serve their interests and maintain an order favorable to them among persons sentenced to imprisonment and prisoners in custody. Based on the conducted sociological research, the author comes to the conclusion that the employees of the Russian penal system do not have unambiguous moral criteria for evaluating the activities of this category of criminals in places of liberty deprivation. This, in turn, leads to the fact that there is no unified strategy for countering this criminal phenomenon in places of detention.
Keywords:
“thieves in law”, “thieves' law", criminal opposition, criminal community of Russia, criminal leaders, places of imprisonment, “obshchak", crime, crime prevention, correctional officers, “watchers”
“thieves in law”, “thieves' law", criminal opposition, criminal community of Russia, criminal leaders, places of imprisonment, “obshchak", crime, crime prevention, correctional officers, “watchers”
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