Deviant behavior of convicted prisoners of war and corrective and preventive influence in their respect: statement of the problem

Abstract

The article states the absence of national regulation of the treatment of interned convicted prisoners of war (primarily in the Penal Code of the Russian Federation) and only a partial mention of them in the Geneva Convention «On the Treatment of Prisoners of War», which is especially updated by the special military operation in Ukraine. Taking into account the specific individualizing characteristics of convicted prisoners of war (combat experience, psychological and other special training, often adherence to a radical ideology, etc.) in order to prevent their deviant behavior, the provisions of the convention regulating certain aspects of the application of the regime, educational work, and social influence are analyzed and other means of their correction on the part of the state authorities of the detaining power, as well as international and national public organizations. Attention is focused on the means of correction, which have a significant preventive potential, in particular, by ensuring of the internal and external isolation of convicted prisoners of war, imposing disciplinary sanctions on them, including by provisional detention of offenders in order to maintain order and discipline, etc. Particular attention in the context of ensuring the safety of the activities of places of detention of convicted prisoners of war is given to the prevention of their self-injury, including when deciding on release for health reasons, radical religious manifestations, as well as other negative deviations.