THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINOLOGICAL THOUGHT ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF A CRIMINAL ABROAD
The paper analyzes the development of criminological thought about the identity of a criminal abroad. Taking into account the historical stages of the development of criminological knowledge in general, the author conducted a scientific understanding of the concepts that existed at all stages of the development of criminology as a science: the classical direction, positivism and the stage of development of critical criminology. In its entirety, this analysis will expand the understanding of the identity of the criminal. Modern criminological theories substantiating the determinants of the formation of the criminal’s personality are shown. Based on the existing criminological theories abroad about the personality of the criminal, the author substantiates the thesis that the criminological thought of our time should be based on a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach about the personality of the criminal. Within the framework of this approach, modern criminological science provides for the study of the subject of criminology from the standpoint of integrative (connecting) criminology. This approach necessitates the formation of a symbiosis of all achievements of sciences, both natural and humanitarian: psychology, law, sociology, physics, mathematics, medical sciences. The author shows that modern criminologists have attempted to impose existing cultural practices on the process of studying crime. In its entirety, the acquired knowledge is subject to in-depth analysis, processing, as well as the direction of the acquired knowledge for the formation of criminological theories to counter crime.