Journal section TOPICAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY, PEDAGOGY AND SOCIAL WORK
Convicts’ notions of the circumstances in which they committed their crimes
The article examines the notions of convicts serving a term of imprisonment about the circumstances in which they committed their crimes. It describes types of psychological defense mechanisms they employ to maintain appreciation of themselves and justify their criminal behavior.
Keywords: social notions; convicts; committed crime; psychological defense; legal self-appraisal.
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Associate Professor of the Department of Psychological
Service in the Penal System of the Vologda Institute of Law and Economics of the
Federal Penal Service of Russia, PhD. in Psychology, Associate Professor
, e-mail elizavetasuchkova@yandex.ru
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povedenie // Pravosoznanie i pravovoe vospitanie osuzhdennyh:
Sb. nauch. tr. M., 1982. S. 28. 2 Sm.: Kudrjavcev V.N., Jeminov V.E. Prichiny prestupnosti v
Rossii: kriminologicheskij analiz. M., 2006. S. 67. 3 Sm.: Suchkova E.L. Korrekcija pravovyh predstavlenij
osuzhdennyh: Metod. rekomendacii dlja psihologov ugolovnoispolnitel'noj sistemy. Vologda, 2011. S. 140–153.
