The article discusses controversial issues related to the understanding of the category of “criminal personality” in classical criminology and “postmodern” criminology (neocriminology). Special attention is paid to the assessment of the personality of a juvenile offender, its features and patterns of formation. Having considered the traditional basic criteria of criminological analysis of the personality of a minor who has committed a crime, the conclusion is presented that his “average portrait” has not undergone any major changes for many years.

neocriminology, postmodernity, juvenile delinquency, criminal policy

Suturin Mikhail Alexandrovich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Baikal State University (11, Lenin st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation); East Siberian Branch of the Russian State University of Justice (23, Ivan Franko st., Irkutsk, 664074, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0000-0001-5152-4566, RSCI Author ID: 506131, e-mail: mialsu@yandex.ru

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