Identity of Convicted Criminals Participated in Mass Riots: Socio-Demographic and Penal Aspects
Alimpiev A.A., Stepanov V.V. Identity of convicted criminals participated in mass riots: socio-demographic and penal aspects. Penitentiary Science, 2025, vol. 19, no. 4 (72), pp. 400–406. doi 10.46741/2686-9764.2025.72.4.007.
the definition of personal qualities and traits of a convicted person is the key to
his/her successful re-socialization in order to prevent him/her from committing new crimes. This
article is devoted to certain aspects characterizing the personality of a convicted person serving
imprisonment in Russian penitentiary institutions for participation in mass riots. Purpose: to
characterize the personality of convicts who participated in mass riots through the prism of sociodemographic
and penal aspects based on empirical data, to identify the difficulties of corrective
action on them and to propose measures to prevent the recurrence of crimes. Methods: data from
official statistics, the results of author’s research on criminal cases, materials from the special census
of convicts and persons in custody (December 2022), as well as the results of specific sociological
research by other authors were used. Results: the study revealed that those convicted of mass riots
were mostly Russian male citizens (100 %) aged 25–39 years (75 %), with incomplete or complete
secondary education (58.3 %), without permanent employment before conviction (50.0 %) and not
married (75.0 %). They are physically healthy and able to work. In the penal aspect, this category of
convicts resists correction, demonstrates weak social ties, refusal to work (75 %) and commitment to
prison subculture. The percentage of malicious violators of the regime is high (25.0 %). Conclusion:
the socio-demographic portrait of the convict has recently changed. Those convicted of mass riots
are a group that is difficult to correct, due to their behavior and adherence to prison norms. The
established weakness of social ties and negative behavior require additional measures to prevent
recidivism after release, including probation care, administrative supervision and other preventive
measures.
Keywords: identity of the convicted person; identity of the criminal; mass riots; sociodemographic data; penal aspects; census of convicts.
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