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ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF PSYCHO-PEDAGOGICAL STUDY OF THE PERSON’S HARDINESS IN POST-PENITENTIARY ADAPTATION PERIOD // Pedagogical Review. 2018. Issue 4 (22). P. 233-240

An attempt of judgment of changes of the psychological states of the person connected with the change of the vital environment is made. The problem of studying hardiness of the persons released from places of detention and those in rehabilitation centers is considered. The topical issues connected with the search of psycho-pedagogical ways of rendering the post-penitentiary help to the former convicts are formulated. The fact of the consequences of serving of criminal penalty, negative for the person, reducing the level of hardiness and promoting marginalization and stigmatization of the personality in modern society is established. Taking into account the ongoing turning points in human life, attention is focused on the need to study vitality as a significant resource for the individual, contributing to overcoming difficult life situations. There is a correlation between the level of psychological readiness for life after release from places of detention and overcoming obstacles of both objective and subjective character, which will be one of characteristics of hardiness of the personality. The importance of researching the problem of a person’s hardiness in the postpenitentiary period in the context of creation by the person of the further course of his further life path and solving life situations of a social nature is confirmed. The further steps directed to the solution of a complex of research tasks in the theoretical and practical terms within the subject chosen for studying are offered.

Keywords: resocialization, hardiness, former convict, post-penitentiary adaptation, rehabilitation center

FEATURES OF THE INTEGRAL INDIVIDUALITY OF MEN CONVICTED OF SERIOUS CRIMES // Pedagogical Review. 2021. Issue 5 (39). P. 195-207

An attempt is made to study the phenomenon of integral individuality of a person through the prism of criminal behavior that led to the commission of a serious criminal act. The article considers the problem of the need to understand the complex inner world of the criminal, which allows to reveal the specific deep mechanisms that cause the criminalization of the individual. Topical issues related to the identification of the features of the structure of the integral personality of men convicted of serious crimes against the person and serving criminal sentences in places of deprivation of liberty are formulated. It is stated that the consideration and study of the phenomenon of integral individuality will allow us to find the optimal research path that will allow us to reveal the peculiar, individual characteristics of the criminal’s personality. The study revealed significant differences between convicted and law-abiding citizens in the multi-level properties of integral individuality, concerning the emotional and communicative spheres of the individual, as well as life goals. Taking into account the revealed differences, a group of significant factors characterizing internal psychological aspects that contributed to the commission of a serious crime against a person is determined. The relevance of the study of the problem of the integral individuality of convicts is confirmed, which allows us to outline new guidelines for the implementation of psychological work in places of deprivation of liberty. Further steps are proposed that contribute to the solution of research problems in the theoretical and practical planes in the field of penitentiary problems.

Keywords: integral individuality, personality, criminal behavior, aggression, convicts, serious crimes