Features of normative ideals and individual priorities of the convict
The article deals with the problem of resocialization and features of the individual values of the individual convict. The work examines the normative ideals and individual priorities of convicts serving sentences in a correctional facility. The empirical study is conducted using psychological tests of values, and the processing and interpretation of the results is carried out on the basis of a comparative analysis using a statistical criterion. It has been proven that the peculiarities of the value-semantic sphere of convicts (personal values and the system of personal meanings) that receive higher professional education while serving their sentence in this system differ from those of convicts who are not included in the educational process by more pronounced tendencies in normative characteristics. In addition, it has been found that the value-motivational structure of the personality of the trained convicts differs in their determination to achieve goals, including social approval, the understanding of the need to restrain antisocial temptations and motivations, the denial of criminal orientation, independence in determining their own goals and life path. In the value-motivational sphere of the personality of non-educated convicts, on the contrary, there are tendencies toward the cultivation of criminal orientation, the dominance of aspirations to autonomy and independence. The article can be useful to practical psychologists, as well as to correctional-facility personnel.