Criminological characteristics of persons who commit crimes in the sphere of security activities

It is indicated that the provision of an effective system of criminal legal protection of employees of security structures and the prevention of relevant criminal acts requires an investigation of the identity of the criminal. The article examines the personal characteristics of individuals who commit crimes in the field of security activities. The study of the criminal’s personality is a fundamental aspect of criminology, without which it is difficult to explore other criminological issues, such as the determinants of crimes and methods to combat them. Existing doctrinal approaches to understanding the category of “criminal personality” are analyzed, the main elements that make up the structure of these individuals’ personalities are identified, and their socio-demographic, social-role, criminal-legal, and moral-psychological features are analyzed. A criminological profile of individuals who commit crimes in the field of security activities has been established: these are men aged 25-50 years, local city residents with general secondary or vocational education, who are officially unemployed, abuse alcohol, and have previous administrative or criminal offenses (sometimes previously convicted). Special attention is paid to the issues of classification and typology of such criminals. Individuals who commit crimes in the field of security activities can be classified according to the degree of stability of their antisocial orientation (situational (unstable), forced, malicious (stable), particularly dangerous types); their relationship with the victim (previously acquainted with the victim or not); motives (selfish, prestigious, vengeful types); and state of intoxication (those who were intoxicated at the time of the crime and those who were not). The characteristic features of individuals who commit crimes in the field of security activities, as well as the types of offenders in this category, allow for the creation of an effective system of measures to prevent these crimes. However, the study of the criminological characteristics of these individuals cannot fully reveal the complexity of human behavior problems. Therefore, the issue of criminological features of individuals who commit crimes in the field of security activities requires further research.