Basic model of resocialization of convicts

¹ Academy of Management of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Department of Psychology, Pedagogy, and Organization of Work with Personnel, Moscow, Russia
² Vologda Institute of Law and Economics of the Federal Penal Service of Russia, Psychological Faculty, Department of Legal Psychology and Pedagogy, Vologda, Russia
³ Vyatka State University, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Department of Psychology, Vyatka, Russia

^* Corresponding author: mtv-psy@mail.ru

Abstract

Purpose of the study: development of directions and basic model of resocialization of convicts. This study uses a three-factor dichotomous baseline model of convict resocialization with a single “external-internal” dichotomy. This model defines the “vectors of development” of a convict and shows the common factors of this process, which correctional officers need to consider when organizing re-socialization work with this category of people. The research resulted in conclusions from the analysis of three factor-categories of pedagogy: “education”, “training” and “education”, determining the objective (external) position of the individual, and “self-learning” and “self-education”, determining the subjective (internal) position of the individual. While using the principle of “semantic proximity”, a three-factor basic-dichotomous “superimposition” of these factors-categories of pedagogy on such concepts as “values”, “activity”, “intellect” has been performed. This “superposition” results in three combined basic psycho-pedagogical factors (“value education”, “active learning”, “intellectual education”). From this model, it becomes clear what direction correctional officers should work in terms of “developing the consciousness” of the convict, given the factors in question. The novelty of the study is that the work shows specific examples of activities performed by the staff with convicts, which are associated with the implementation of these factors and the impact on the process of resocialization.