Within the framework of the researched question, attention was paid to the theoretical and applied analysis and the article determined the criminological characteristics of the person serving the sentence. The expediency of using the concept “personality”, not “person” is substantiated, which will allow to take into account its psychological features and to some extent to reveal its inner world. It is determined that the legislation does not operate with the concept of “forensic characteristics of the convict”, which led to the importance of developing a unified scientific approach to this definition. We propose to understand information about the identity of the convict, his criminal behavior under the forensic characteristics of the convict, which is revealed at the initial and subsequent stages of the study of the convict during his sentence to correct and prevent new crimes. The features of the structure of the criminal’s personality are outlined, which fully cover all areas and the analysis of which allows to form a holistic view and develop a mechanism of preventive influence.

As a component of the forensic characteristics of the convict, the criminal and executive characteristics of the person serving the sentence are singled out. Within the forensic characterization of the personality of a criminal serving a sentence in a place of imprisonment, its constituent elements are considered. The position on allocation of such groups of signs concerning structure of the person of the criminal is supported: 1) social and demographic; 2) socio-psychological; 3) criminal and executive signs.

Key words: convict, punishment, imprisonment, criminal and legal characteristic, criminological characteristic, criminal and executive characteristic, personality of a criminal.

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