Causes of latent crime in correctional institutions
The article discusses the reasons why crimes in correctional institutions of the penal system remain outside the statistical accounting. Objective and subjective causes of hidden crime, objective and subjective causes of hidden crime in correctional institutions, causes of latency of “borderline situations” are analyzed. The analysis allows us to make an assumption that the main subjective cause of hidden crime is following the norms of the criminal subculture, as well as the existing rating assessment of the activities of correctional institutions of the penal system has a great influence on the formation of hidden crime. The author also suggests paying closer attention to the organization of the work of operational units of the penal enforcement system in terms of fulfilling their tasks of detecting crimes in correctional institutions.