ON THE ESSENCE OF THE MENTAL MECHANISM OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Rubrics: LEGAL SCIENCES
Authors:
1.
Moskovskiy universitet MVD Rossii imeni V.Ya. Kikotya
(Department of Criminology, Professor)
Type:
Article
Pages:
from 79
to 85
Status:
Published
Received:
24.11.2025
Accepted:
14.01.2026
Published:
31.03.2026
Subject area:
UDC 34
UDC 122
UDC 122
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
socio-biological model, psychopathic model, socio-psychological model, mental model of the mechanism of criminal behavior, vicious passions (motives), free will, consciousness (mind), man, personality
Abstract:
Criminological science in the twentieth century positioned various models of the mechanism of criminal behavior: anthropobiological, sociobiological, psychopathic and socio-psychological. And all these models, if you seriously, rather than formally, approach the analysis of their essence, it turns out that there are no legal grounds to hold a person accountable for a crime committed. Conversely, the model of the mental mechanism of criminal behavior proposed for discussion reveals the internal basis of human responsibility for a criminal act. This responsibility results from a free-willed choice and a conscious motive for a particular form of behavior. There is no place in this mechanism for the external objective causality promoted by the Marxist doctrine of determinism.
Criminological science in the twentieth century positioned various models of the mechanism of criminal behavior: anthropobiological, sociobiological, psychopathic and socio-psychological. And all these models, if you seriously, rather than formally, approach the analysis of their essence, it turns out that there are no legal grounds to hold a person accountable for a crime committed. Conversely, the model of the mental mechanism of criminal behavior proposed for discussion reveals the internal basis of human responsibility for a criminal act. This responsibility results from a free-willed choice and a conscious motive for a particular form of behavior. There is no place in this mechanism for the external objective causality promoted by the Marxist doctrine of determinism.
Keywords:
socio-biological model, psychopathic model, socio-psychological model, mental model of the mechanism of criminal behavior, vicious passions (motives), free will, consciousness (mind), man, personality
socio-biological model, psychopathic model, socio-psychological model, mental model of the mechanism of criminal behavior, vicious passions (motives), free will, consciousness (mind), man, personality
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