Abstract
Introduction: the article analyzes the content and typical methods and ways that convicts, suspects, and defendants held in correctional institutions and pre-trial detention centers use to counter the investigation of penitentiary crimes. Aim: using the analysis of investigative and judicial practice for criminal cases initiated against persons who committed crimes while in custody or while serving their prison terms, we make an attempt to identify the most distinctive features of counteracting the investigation of prisonrelated crimes. Methods: dialectical method of cognition, general scientific methods of analysis and generalization, empirical methods of description, interpretation; theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic. Results: using a scientific approach that highlights the preliminary stage of investigation of crimes, we reveal some typical counteraction techniques used by prison offenders. Conclusions: destruction, concealment, staging, and falsification are among the most popular methods used directly by offenders to prevent prison-related crimes from being solved. The indirect attitude of offenders toward counteracting the investigation of prison-related crimes is successfully implemented by creating a crowd effect, as well as using the media and the activities of human rights organizations. Keywords: Prison-related crime; counteracting crime investigation; correctional institution; pre-trial detention center; convicted person; suspect; defendant
Highlights
IntroductionPersons committing prison offences have always sought to counteract the investigation of crimes
Introduction: the article analyzes the content and typical methods and ways that convicts, suspects, and defendants held in correctional institutions and pre-trial detention centers use to counter the investigation of penitentiary crimes
Results: using a scientific approach that highlights the preliminary stage of investigation of crimes, we reveal some typical counteraction techniques used by prison offenders
Summary
Persons committing prison offences have always sought to counteract the investigation of crimes. The very essence of the unofficial norms of prison subculture, which the majority of prison offenders adhere to, is reduced to opposing official behavior standards in correctional facilities and pre-trial detention centers. In this regard, V.A. Ishchenko quite accurately draws parallels between the official activities of preliminary investigation bodies and the accompanying activities of criminals to counteract this process [3, pp. B.A. Polikarpov very aptly noted that the first “lessons” on countering the investigation process are received by prison offenders from their cellmates in pre-trial detention centers [9, p. Polikarpov very aptly noted that the first “lessons” on countering the investigation process are received by prison offenders from their cellmates in pre-trial detention centers [9, p. 22]
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