Socio-Psychological Profile of the Convict Prone to Escape from Penitentiary Facilities

Introduction. The object is to reveal socio-psychological features of convicts prone to escape from penitentiary facilities. Маterials and Methods. The study employed the following methods: «Аccent 2-90» method; methodology of psychological diagnostics of psychological protection mechanisms; Kellerman-Plutchik psychodiagnostic system for studying convicts’ psychological protection mechanisms; method to study the level of subjective control; questionnaire for revealing criminal-law and socio-demographic characteristics of a person; questionnaire for experts in order to identify the characteristics of convicts’ behavior in penitentiary facilities; method for identification of value orientations of a person. Results and Discussion. The article contains the results of an empirical study of socio-psychological characteristics of convicts who are on a preventive list as being prone to escape. A comparative analysis of the study of this category of convicts was conducted, with convicted persons who have been on the preventive list for other reasons and who have not been on the preventive list. Conclusions. Convicts prone to escape have both common features with convicts on a preventive list and specific ones that can determine this type of penitentiary crime.