Individual psychological factors of propensity to criminal behavior and methods of their study

Raspopin Evgenii Vladimirovich, Ryabova Maria Gennadievna, Shalamov Vyacheslav Viktorovich

The aim of the work was to study the individual psychological characteristics of a person prone to criminal behavior, and the selection of psycho-diagnostic methods that are valid for their study. The study was based on the assumption that in personal terms, criminal behavior is caused by moral, intellectual and emotional-volitional decline in personality. In turn, to study them, it is necessary to combine tests developed in line with the objective, subjective and projective psycho-diagnostic approach. According to the results of the study, it was concluded that persons prone to criminal behavior are characterized by the following individual psychological characteristics: negative attitude to moral norms of behavior, low level of legal awareness; reducing the level of analytical and synthetic activity and the ability to generalize; emotional instability, increased aggressiveness and conflict, reduced behavioral control. In turn, psycho-diagnostic methods used in the course of the study can be recommended for their study.

Keywords:personality, criminal behavior, moral, intellectual, emotional and volitional sphere of personality, psychological diagnostics.