Personality characteristics of the participant in an armed or paramilitary unit not provided for by law

Características de personalidad del participante en una unidad armada o paramilitar no prevista por la ley

Keywords: paramilitary or armed unit, armed conflict, armed unit, criminal profile, crime prevention

Abstract

Through the documentary-based scientific method, the article is devoted to the study of the criminological features of the personality of a participant of a paramilitary or armed unit (ULPAU) not provided by law. In addition, the formation of his criminological portrait (criminal profile) on the basis of socio-psychological and legal classification features is discussed. The value of the determined parameters of the offender’s characteristics for the formation of negative social and psychological attitudes has been analyzed and their impact on subsequent criminal activity was considered. A number of conclusions of theoretical and applied character have been formulated, among which the following characteristic features of the criminological portrait (criminal profile) of a participant of the ULPAU: man aged 25-35 years who has Ukrainian citizenship and is Ukrainian by nationality, urban resident, single, childless, has general secondary or vocational education, is unemployed, has not been previously convicted; being a member of the armed unit he guarded the checkpoints and the area of location of the units.

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Author Biographies

Oleksandr Nazarovich Yarmysh, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law Viktorovich, Professor Corresponding Member of National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, 61024, 70 Pushkinska Str., Kharkiv, Ukraine, Leading Researcher of Research Laboratory of Criminological Research and Problems Crime Prevention of State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine 01011, 4a Y. Gutsalo Lane, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Serhii Ivanovych Khalymon, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine

Doctor of Law Sciences, Professor Chief Researcher of the Research Laboratory for Research of Legal and Organizational Support of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine 29003, 46 Shevchenka, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.

Yevhen Viktorovich Zozulia, Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs, Mariupol, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law Sciences, Professor of the Department of General Legal Disciplines Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs, 87554, 89 Lunina Ave., Mariupol, Ukraine.

Yuliia Petrivna Stepanova , Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Deputy Head of Research Department Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine,29003, 46 Shevchenka, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.

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Published
2023-05-28
How to Cite
Nazarovich Yarmysh, O., Ivanovych Khalymon, S., Viktorovich Zozulia, Y., & Petrivna Stepanova , Y. (2023). Personality characteristics of the participant in an armed or paramilitary unit not provided for by law: Características de personalidad del participante en una unidad armada o paramilitar no prevista por la ley. Political Questions, 41(77), 790-808. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4177.52