Features of causes and conditions gerontological crime

The article identifies and examines the causes and conditions of gerontological crime: population aging; increasing inflation; rising prices for medicines; insufficient pension provision; ageism; social isolation; a significant number of stressful situations; ineffective measures to prevent gerontological crime, etc. The relevance of the stated topic is due to the increasing proportion of convicts of retirement age, the growth in the number of serious and especially serious crimes committed by them, and the level of recidivism. To develop effective measures to prevent crime among the elderly, it is necessary to determine which determinants influenced their commission. It has been established that elderly people face a number of psychological problems and stress. The results of the study can be used by the legislator when improving the current legislation of the Russian Federation; by law enforcement officers - in preventing gerontological crime; by scientists - in further studying the features of the causes and conditions of gerontological crime. As a conclusion, it is noted that the causes and conditions of gerontological crime are diverse. They take place in various spheres of public life: demographic (aging of the population), political (insufficient state policy to support the elderly population), economic (low level of pensions), social (loneliness, social isolation; ageism). Determining the commission of crimes by the elderly are the causes of a subjective plan - the moral and psychological characteristics of specific criminals.