Criminological Safety of Educational Organizations: Problems of Conceptual Apparatus

Abstract

In the article the Author refers to the study of certain theoretical provisions relating to the theme of criminological security of educational organizations, namely to the analysis of two key terms related to this concept: educational organization and objects of criminological security of educational organizations. The Author reveals each term, offers a definition, gives various examples. When studying the term “educational organization”, the researcher draws attention to the fact that the legislation provides for the possibility of obtaining education by persons held in correctional institutions of the penal correction system, in particular through the creation of educational organizations at correctional institutions. In this regard, the article presents and analyzes statistical data on the number of educational institutions in the colonies and the number of convicts studying in them in the Russian Federation in the modern period. It is concluded that at present, in the whole country there is a tendency to increase the number of educational organizations in the colonies, and persons studying in them. In practice, however, working professions received by convicts in such educational institutions are often not in demand in the labor market. Offering the author's definition of the term “objects of criminological security of educational organizations”, the researcher names and reveals, in particular, such objects as the identity of students and teachers, educational organizations as legal entities, as well as state and municipal authorities engaged in management, control or other interaction with educational organizations.

Keywords

• criminological security
• security of educational organizations
• object of criminological security
• protection of students
• criminological threat