Paths to personality transformation of a prisoner of war towards resocialization under conditions of a special military operation

Abstract

Introduction. The article considers the directions of prisoner of war personality transformation for resocialization, necessary under conditions of a special military operation. In the historical context, these problems are relevant during any military operations, which is confirmed by the materials of the Great Patriotic War: the resocialization of foreign prisoners of war was accompanied by these persons’ worldview and political attitudes formation affected the public opinion of other citizens. Due to the importance for the prisoner of war’s personality and taking into account modern realities, it is advisable to use this positive experience in the resocialization of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the conditions of the ongoing special military operation. The purpose of the article is to outline the directions of the prisoner of war personality transformation in the field of resocialization, necessary for the formation of a positive worldview in the conditions of a special military operation. Methodology, methods and techniques. Scientific tools of the research include a set of general and private scientific methods applied comprehensively: dialectical method, historical, comparative-legal, deductive and inductive, analysis, other methods of scientific knowledge. Results. The article substantiates the need to improve the paths to transformation of the prisoner of war personality towards resocialization in the conditions of a special military operation by means of 1) creating new psychological methods of influencing the prisoner of war personality, allowing to form a positive worldview, to rethink the necessity of participation in a special military operation; 2) introducing a new position of the Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights on Military Issues with a set of powers related to the resocialization of prisoners of war; 3) recruiting military psychologists with skills for applying these techniques in the department of the Deputy Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights on Military Issues; 4) improving penal enforcement legislation in the area of preventing deviant behavior of prisoners of war, taking into account the individual characteristics of the prisoner of war personality. Scientific novelty of the article is to form the author’s vision of specific directions of transformation of the prisoner of war personality towards resocialization. Practical significance. The proposed directions of personality transformation of the prisoner of war towards resocialization will allow to form a positive worldview and to return the person to peaceful life.