Anti-Criminogenic Resocialization: International Experience

Abstract

The main idea of the authors is that the factors reducing the level of criminogenic threats in the society include the work of governmental and public organizations aimed at the resocialization of certain categories of people. The authors present a classification of people in need of resocialization and single out specific categories of those of them who pose a potential threat to law and order, and who are most difficult to resocialize, to be prevented from repeat involvement in criminal activities. In this article, resocialization is understood as a targeted impact on persons released from places of incarceration, as well as those having lawbreaking mentality and dangerous, potentially criminogenic and harmful habits (addictions) with the purpose of involving them in normal life as full members of the society. Using the experience of the United States and the United Kingdom, the authors demonstrate a wide range of possible approaches to resocialization programs, and give an overview of various organizational forms and methods of working with people demonstrating anti-social mindset in the past or deviant behavior in the present. They highlight the prevention measures used for juveniles and trace the connections between the reduction in the crime level and the application of measures to resocialize delinquent groups or other categories of people who pose a potential threat to law and order. The authors also draw attention to the fact that volunteer participation of healthy members of society in resocialization contributes to the success of this work, while state-organized measures alone cannot ensure the reformation and rehabilitation of morally sick persons. The authors believe that studying international experience could be useful both for Russian research and for practical work in the sphere of preventing legal offences in general and repeat crimes in particular.

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