Victimity as a Penitentiary Conflictogenity Factor
conflict; conflictogenity; deviance; danger; security; victim; victimity; victimization; penitentiary life; penitentiary conflictogenity.
the article is devoted to the analysis of the state of victimity and its internal conflictogenic potential. Victimity is considered as a factor of penitentiary conflictogenity. Development of the conflict at its various stages is analyzed and, in this regard, the state of conflictogenity as a trend of penitentiary relations is characterized. It is argued that partnership and conflict in the conditions of the penitentiary life activity can equally be assessed from the point of view of both legal normativity and deviance. The opinion is substantiated that victimity is a reaction of the subject to the danger produced by almost all types of penitentiary communications. Purpose: to conduct a comprehensive intersectoral analysis of the institute of crime as a factor of conflict-prone public relations in the field of penitentiary life. Methods: the research methodology is determined by the specifics of the penitentiary environment, characterized by a high degree of conflictogenity due to the antagonisms in goal-setting, value priorities and behavioral motivations of administrators (“jailers”) and special agents (“prisoners”), collectively forming the “penitentiary population”. The article uses a complex of general scientific (dialectical, analysis and synthesis, system-structural) and special methods of cognition. Results: representing a specific social environment of a significant number of Russian citizens, the penitentiary system operates on the basis of two main regulatory and protective systems: legal and criminal. The antagonism of these systems causes a high degree of conflictogenity of penitentiary relations and, as a consequence, entails victimization of their participants. Conclusion: having conducted research, the author comes a conclusion that all penitentiary relations can be conditionally divided into partnership and conflict. At the same time, both partnership and conflict can equally be assessed as normative and deviant. Victimity, representing the subject’s potential predisposition to the state of a victim should be considered as an element of the socio-legal status of the conflict participant. At the same time, subjective victimity is directly related to the change of conflict stages, within which the aggressive impact can be unilateral (unilateral victimization) or bilateral in nature.
Keywords: конфликт; конфликтогенность; девиантность; опасность; безопасность; жертва; виктимность; виктимизация; пенитенциарная жизнедеятельность; пенитенциарная конфликтогенность.
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