Criminological analysis of criminal radicalism state among convicts in penal institutions
Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of the criminal radicalism state among prisoners in penal institutions. The purpose of the article is to formulate a theoretical model of the criminal radicalism state among prisoners in penal institutions.
It has been found that criminal radicalism is a manifestation of radical, violent influence on the components of the punishment environment, prohibited by the law on criminal liability, with the aim of fundamentally changing them. Criminal radicalism among convicts is represented by a block structure, which provides for unequal criminal law content and limits of relevant antisocial practices. Endogenous and exogenous criminal radicalism in penal institutions has been identified and characterized. The annual level of endogenous criminal radicalism among convicts in penal institutions is 32 crimes, 87.5 % of which are criminal offenses provided for in Art. 255-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, 9.4 % are intentional murders, 3.1 % are intentional grievous bodily harm. In the structure of general crime among prisoners (annual averaged indicator), the share of endogenous criminal radicalism is about 6 %.
In 2021, the level of exogenous criminal radicalism amounted to 143 criminal offenses, which is 27.7 % of the total crime in penitentiary institutions. The average annual value of the relevant indicators in 2016–2021 was 134 criminal offenses, and the average share in the structure of crime in penal institutions was 29.5 %. The aggregate indicators of exogenous and endogenous criminal radicalism, i.e. criminal radicalism among prisoners in general, show the following picture: the average annual level is 142 criminal offenses, the share in the structure of crime among prisoners is 29 %, but without taking into account the latency factor. Taking into account the latent part of crime in penitentiary institutions, especially drug-related crimes, violent sex crimes, criminal offenses against health and property, the real share of criminal radicalism among prisoners is about 10 %. There is a tendency for positive growth.
Downloads
References
Barash, Ye. Yu. (2017). Crime in places of deprivation of liberty: main trends and dynamics. Legal Ukraine, 5-6, 64-67.
Bohatyrov, A. I. (2017). International experience of crime prevention in custodial setting. Uzhhorod National University Herald. Series: Law, 42, 205-208.
Bohatyrov, A. I. (2020). Crime among convicts in prisons: criminological characteristics and prevention [Doctoral thesis, State Fiscal Service University of Ukraine].
Cross, R., & Snow, D. (2012). Radicalism within the Context of Social Movements: Processes and Types. Journal of Strategic Security, 4, 115-130. http://doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.4.4.5.
Hiel, A., Assche, J., Haesevoets, T., Gremer, D., & Hodson, G. (2021). Radical Vision of Radicalism: Political Cynicism, not Incrementally Stronger Partisan Positions, Explains Political Radicalization. Political Psychology, 43(1), 3-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12785.
Hula, L. F., & Hula, N. L. (2017). Criminological description of crimes committed by the convicted in the establishments of punishment execution. Scientific Bulletin of Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, 3, 131-139.
Kerniakevych-Tanasiichuk, Yu. V. (2019). Criminal and enforcement policy of Ukraine. Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.
Kopotun, I. M. (2013). Prevention of crimes leading to extraordinary events in correctional colonies. Golden Gate.
Marienko, L. M. (2022). Threat or violence against a judge, public assessor or jury: criminological characteristics and prevention. Fact.
Maslova, N. H. (2020). Combating criminal radicalism in Ukraine. Disa plus.
Orlov. Yu. V. (2021). Admeasurements of crime: matrix of criminological-existential analysis. Bulletin of Criminological Association of Ukraine, 1(24), 85-105.
Orlov. Yu. V. (2022). Criminal actionism: from the symbolicity of the subject to the subjectivization of the symbol. Bulletin of Criminological Association of Ukraine, 1(26), 49-61.
Spilnyk, S. I. (2021). Criminological activity of the State Criminal Enforcement Service of Ukraine. Bila K.O.
Torcal, M., & Magalhaes, P. (2022). Ideological extremism, perceived party system polarization, and support for democracy. European Political Science Review, 14(2), 188-205. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773922000066.
Vasilchuk, Ye. O. (2013). The political radicalism and extremism as a complex of threats and calls to national safety of Ukraine. Gileya: scientific herald, 75, 517-519.
Copyright (c) 2022 P. Yu. Danylchenko
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
