Recidivist criminals: Classification and typology

. In criminology, data on persons who have committed a crime are generalised, and, based on it, classified and typologised. Classification of criminals involves their grouping on a single, individual basis; typology summarises the totality of social features typical of recidivist criminals. Based on the analysis of criminal record statistics, the article identifies the criteria for classifying recidivists and shows their distribution by groups, reviews typologies of recidivists and determines their bases. Recidivists' classification and typology allow systematising knowledge about their composition and determining the dynamics of their criminogenicity. Criminal statistics provide a number of classification criteria: statistical reporting forms contain data on the socio-demographic and criminal legal characteristics of convicts who had a criminal record at the time of the commission of a new crime. The typology of recidivists is based on the following criteria: the type of the crime, socio-psychological and pathopsychological features, reasons for a person's return to criminal activity, impact of the situation on recidivism. Recidivists are primarily criminogenic types since they repeatedly commit crimes. The most common is the mercenary type of recidivists: they commit thefts to solve financial problems in any suitable situation. The most common reasons for recidivism are the lack of a permanent job and alcohol abuse.

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