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Antonyan, Y.M., Goncharova, M.V., Malikov, S.V. Poverty as a criminogenic factor

Abstract: The current economic situation in Russia causes high level of social tension among various social groups, and alienation of the part of society, which is “deprived” by the government economic policy providing for such an unfair situation. In such a situation the limiting potential of morals and law lessens considerably, and the society stops having its limiting influence upon a person, therefore, anomy appears. Based upon the above-mentioned prerequisite the article provides for the structure and characteristic features of the modern poor social groups, and their criminogenic potential is evaluated. Based upon large amount of empiric materials, including the results of the polling among the convicted criminals all around Russia, the authors prove a number of traditional criminological theses on the connection between unemployment and the level of crimes, and the exceedingly high expectations of persons before the moment when the crime is committed producing a high level of tension and motivation for commission of crimes. At the same time the position is voiced, according to which the level of crime cannot be lowered solely by economic means. The results of this study may be used in the process of development of an unified concept of crime prophylactics in Russia.


Keywords:

poverty, categories of the poor, anomia, economic factors of crime, alcoholism, families with many children, migration, social tension.


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