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Kunts E.V.
Psychological problems and their impact on the further correction of released prisoners
Keywords: correctional facility, convicted person, repeated crimes, psychological work, probation subjects
The correction of convicts is a complex psychological process of influencing the personality with the aim of transforming him/her. It requires a deep understanding of the individual characteristics and potential of the released person. The lack of clear scientific criteria for assessing the degree of correction significantly reduces the effectiveness of the system of correctional institutions in Russia. The solution of this problem involves active interdepartmental cooperation between state bodies, penitentiary institutions and civil society institutions to ensure the safety of the social environment. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of activities aimed at correcting released persons from places of deprivation of liberty by identifying psychological problems that affect the recidivism of convicts, their rehabilitation, and overcoming the difficulties of contact with the population. Materials and methods. To study the process of increasing the effectiveness of psychological work with released prisoners, the method of analysis and generalization of practical experience of correction in a correctional institution was used, since it is the basis of the system of working with convicted persons in a correctional institution when preparing them for release. Their results are subsequently taken into account by institutions of the penal correction system, state institutions of the employment and social services, local governments, and civil society institutions. Methods of observation, psychological and pedagogical experiment and others were used in studying the personality of the offender. Research results. It has been established that the formulated psychological problems are not exhaustive. Studying and taking into account the psychological aspects of the work of various probation subjects with released persons from places of imprisonment will increase the effectiveness of their correction. The complexity of the emergence and correction of criminal psychology can be cognized only by studying the entire system of interrelations and interdependence of the offender with other people in various circumstances of life. Conclusions. The effectiveness of correction of released persons from places of imprisonment depends on personal characteristics, as well as business qualities of employees of probation subjects. First of all, it is necessary to note the motivation of both the released persons themselves and the employees, their interest in working with released persons, correct understanding of the tasks facing these bodies in preventing repeated crimes.
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About authors
- Kunts Elena V.
- Doctor of Law Sciences, Professor, Leading Researcher, Department for the Development of Methodologies for Execution of Sentences Associated with Deprivation of Liberty and the Study of Penitentiary Crime, Center for Research on Security Problems in the Institutions of the Penitentiary System, Federal State Institution Research Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, Russia, Moscow (73kuntc@mail.ru; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8793-0574)
Article link
Kunts E.V. Psychological problems and their impact on the further correction of released prisoners [Electronic resource] // Oeconomia et Jus. – 2025. – №1. P. 96-104. – URL: https://oecomia-et-jus.ru/en/single/2025/1/8/. DOI: 10.47026/2499-9636-2025-1-96-104.
