The Attitude of the Criminogenic Individual Social Environment

Abstract

Social environment of a person has a significant impact on criminalization of a person. Scientific literature analyzes the criminogenic influence of its individual participants - family members and relatives, members of informal groups and communities. Consequently, its structural organization, key functions of relations with social environment, possibilities of their change for decriminalization and post-penitentiary reintegration are unclear. Objective of the study: to examine relationship of a criminogenic person with social environment. Methods: method of data collection is a survey. Parameters of social environment that are studied: volume, stability, homogeneity, limitations of autonomy and reference; studied characteristics of interaction: received support and assistance, effectiveness of interaction, influence. The methods of processing results are descriptive statistics and rank comparison criterion (Mann-Whitney U-criterion). 
The study sample consists of 388 people, 171 of whom are classified as persons with law-abiding behavior (Mean age =36,3 years, SD=12,3 years; men= 77%). The remaining part is made up of persons under administrative supervision, of whom 114 persons were under criminal punishment for the first time (Mean age=36.3 years; SD=12.3 years; males= 77%). - for the first time subjected to criminal punishment (Mean age=31.5 years, SD=8.42 years; men= 84%); 103 persons who had been previously subjected to criminal punishment (Mean age=37.7 years, SD=11.13 years; men= 73%).
Results and novelty: new information was obtained about parameters of social environment of a person with criminogenic behavior (small volume, high stability of composition and homogeneity of participants, low referentiality, selectivity of social relations). The influence of parameters of social environment of a person and relations with it on post-penitentiary re-integration is noted.