personality of the offender - a very specific term used in the framework of criminology, which allows to describe the character traits, personality and social characteristics of a person likely to commit a variety of legal and administrative violations.
structure of the identity of the perpetrator is made up of a number of symptoms that affect collectively to commit misconduct.By substructures are:
1. biophysiological signs constituting the identity of the perpetrator - it features its physiological constitution of the nervous system, the current state of health, etc.This factor is investigated in connection with the fact that personality traits often determined genetically.Hereditary characteristics influence the specificity of education of the individual, in his interaction with the environment and a number of other indicators.
2. Socio-demographic characteristics.These included a number of indicators such as age, sex, social and marital status, education level, occupation, national characteristics and other characteristics.The data held by the forensics indicate that, for example, the majority of criminals, for whose shoulders grievous bodily harm - men, while women are more likely to resort to the infringement committed on mercenary basis.The level of education affects the type of offense the crime: the economic and financial disorders are most often committed by people with a higher education, while the theft, hooliganism, vandalism, robberies and the like - individuals whose level of education is much lower.
3. Moral and psychological characteristics, which determines the identity of the perpetrator in criminology includes features world identity, values, beliefs and life orientation.
ideological position as defined by determination and perseverance in reaching the person conceived and generally affects the totality of the habits and attitudes of man.It is believed that the individual becomes a person only when formed their own system of values and attitudes to public order, and the ability to take responsibility for their decisions and actions themselves.
In the context of this item, you must study the special characteristics such as the prevailing (or, conversely, unformed) related to different values, both moral and social, accepted in a given society.It is, above all, the attitude towards the family, labor, development, social communication, etc.In addition, an evaluation and classification of the importance of social aspirations and needs (socially useful / harmful justified / unjustified), after that - the study of nature and the way to meet the goals (legal, lawful, unlawful, social (in) security).
4. Finally, the final characteristics, revealing the concept of offender - his intellectual, emotional and volitional qualities.
The former refers experience, narrowness and breadth of knowledge, interests and aspirations of knowledge, the level of intellectual development, and the like.
Under emotional personality characteristics mean balance, agility and strength of the flow of nerve processes and of emotional excitability, the principles relating to the response to changes in external or internal.
Finally, volitional characteristics - is the ability to take and implement decisions aimed at achieving the goal, the regulation of activities within the framework of the decision, persistence and a clear course of action, accompanied by the well-known flexibility.
personality of the offender, considered in the context of the described claims, characterized by selfish motives, dismissive attitude to the life or health of another person, wealth, anti-social attitude to the accepted norms and rules of behavior, irresponsible attitude to the duties.
