Criminological portrait of the personality of the criminal making pocket-steel

This article discusses the peculiarities of the identity of the offender committing pickpocket, on the basis of which a criminological portrait of the identity of a pickpocket is compiled. The study of criminological portrait of the identity of the offender is of great practical importance. However, this practice does not pay enough attention when planning the activities of law enforcement agencies aimed at the prevention of certain crimes committed by criminals by professionals. Thieves pickpockets, who commit thousands of crimes every day throughout the country, while remaining unpunished, are among those. Today, thefts committed from a pocket, bag, or other carry-on baggage that were under the victim (n “g”, part 2 of article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) are one of the most common property crimes. In practice, the identification of persons inclined to commit such crimes is difficult, because among the representatives of this “criminal profession” it is possible to meet both men and women, both minors and the elderly.