FEATURES OF THE LIFE PICTURE OF THE WORLD FOR THOSE CONVICTED OF CRIMES AGAINST SEXUAL FREEDOM AND SEXUAL INTEGRITY

Shreder O.B.

Tomsk IPKR of the FPS of Russia (Tomsk, Russia), the senior lecturer of the department of staff, social, psychological and educational work organization, candidate of Philosophy Sciences.

Аnnotation:

The article discusses the features of the picture of the world, the value-semantic sphere of those convicted of crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity of the person, its influence on the formation of criminal behavior. The picture of the world, being a combination of worldviews, plays the role of one of the most important, basic foundations of the human inner world. It is characterized by cognitive-emotional unity, includes beliefs, principles, attitudes of a person, meeting his needs, interests and values, determines the goals and motives of behavior.
The data of psychodiagnostics of two groups of respondents are analyzed: the first group is convicts who are on preventive records in an institution, as prone to encroachment on sexual freedom and sexual integrity and who have committed crimes against persons under 14 years of age; the second group – convicts who are on preventive records in an institution as prone to encroachments on sexual freedom and sexual inviolability and who have committed crimes against persons over 14 years of age.
The results of empirical research demonstrate that convicts who have committed crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity of the person have such ideas about life in general and their role in shaping it in particular, which can potentially contribute to the recommission of crimes. In this regard, the emphasis is placed on the fact that the study and purposeful correction of convicts’ attitudes, work with the peculiarities of constructing their life picture of the world in the course of psychocorrectional work is of great importance, it can contribute to the “healing” of the individual and the formation of readiness for a lawabiding lifestyle.

Key words:

features of the life picture of the world; value-semantic sphere of convicts; crimes against sexual freedom and personal integrity.