Concept, Classification of Persons Prone to Committing Crimes and Their Unique Characteristics

Abstract

In this article, the concept and categories of persons prone to commit crimes are analyzed on the basis of the researches of scientists who worked in this field, international normative legal documents and the national legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Specific aspects of biophysiological, spiritual-ethical and psychological signs of the formation of a tendency to commit a crime in a person are revealed. Also, on the basis of scientific literature and legal documents, persons prone to commit crimes are divided into three groups, i.e., those with a high probability of committing crimes, are divided into groups of persons who are prone to commit crimes and those who are less likely to commit crimes, and they are systematized into separate categories.Accordingly,in the new version of Article 3 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Prevention of Offenses" adopted on May 14, 2014, "a person with a high probability of committing an offense" and A proposal was made regarding the introduction of the concept of "a person prone to committing a crime".