Volkonskaya, E.K. Repeated relapse into violent crimes

Abstract: The author has analyzed the correlations in primary and repeated crime in Russia in the last decade. The author singles out and evaluates the tendencies for the greater relative weight of repeated crimes within the structure of crimes, and lowering relative weight of previously convicted persons within the structure of persons, who have committed crimes earlier. The author substantiates the position on the growing number of latent violent crimes. The author also characterizes the correlation of the repeated violent crimes and marginal, professional, organized (including ethnic organized) crime, economic crimes, juvenile crimes, “street” and penitentiary crimes. The article includes analysis of other negative social processes, which serve as the background for the spread of repeated violent crimes, such as infiltration of the elements of criminal sub-culture into the social relations of law-abiding citizens, detachment of the general public from the process of fighting crime, corruption in the government bodies, illegal turnover of weapons, military conflicts, illegal migration, national and religious intolerance, criminal violence (including latent violence) in the penitentiary and towards the convicts.

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