The Aspects of Legal Characterization of Offences Committed by the Officers of the Penitentiary system

Abstract

The article provides a detailed analysis of offences committed by the officers of the penitentiary system depending on the department of a correctional institution. The researcher determined the most vulnerable services in a correctional institution (a CI) that may constitute a risk group. The author analyzed more than 400 convictions for the offences committed by officers of the penitentiary system and the statistic data gave grounds to identify certain patterns in their legal characterization and make forecast for the future. The biggest number of offences committed by offices of a CI are offences of corruption. However, considering the main elements of the offences we came to the conclusions that the most widespread offences committed by the officers of the penitentiary system are crimes against public health and crimes against public morality. A greatest number of such crimes according to the data provided by the researcher are committed by the personnel of security and regime departments in correctional institutions and detention centers.