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Studying the Features of Legal Consciousness of Criminal Drug Addicts

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Title: Studying the Features of Legal Consciousness of Criminal Drug Addicts
Authors: Kseniya N. Goncharova
Source: Российский психологический журнал, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 184-190 (2016)
Publisher Information: ООО "КРЕДО", 2016.
Publication Year: 2016
Collection: LCC:Psychology
Subject Terms: индивидуальное правосознание, противоправное поведение, индивидуально-психологические особенности, уровень притязаний, самоконтроль личности, готовность к риску, ответственность личности, деформация правосознания, личностные детерминанты, наркотическая зависимость, Psychology, BF1-990
Description: The article offers the results of the study of legal consciousness of criminal drug addicts. 150 respondents took part in the study. 100 of them (adult male offenders serving sentences in places of confinement) were divided into two groups: drug addicts and non-addicts. 50 adult men with normative behavior (neither criminals nor drug addicts) also took part in the study. The author proceeded from the assumption that criminal drug addicts had some psychological characteristics: a low level of legal consciousness, combined with a high level of risk preparedness, decrease in volitional self-control, which is not conducive to learning and observance of lawfulness. The author used observation, interview, questionnaire, testing; they also reviewed dossiers and medical histories of respondents. There were significant differences between indices in the studied groups. In particular, the level of legal conscience in criminal drug addicts is much lower than in men with normative behavior. Criminal drug addicts are characterized by a high level of risk preparedness, decrease in volitional self-control, lability, anxiety, rigidity of attitudes. The article emphasizes the practical significance of the research results which can be used in the rehabilitation of drug addicts, as well as in preventive measures.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
Russian
ISSN: 1812-1853
2411-5789
Relation: https://rpj.ru.com/index.php/rpj/article/view/579; https://doaj.org/toc/1812-1853; https://doaj.org/toc/2411-5789
DOI: 10.21702/rpj.2016.1.15
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/70f18f58d33b44feb26f4650f65267d1
Accession Number: edsdoj.70f18f58d33b44feb26f4650f65267d1
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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