Abstract
The article studies perception and images of the main categories of criminal culture, as well as channels of obtaining information about it, taking into account the influence of information network culture and without its participation in these processes. The article is aimed at a comparative analysis of the general, special and single (concrete) in the perception of the images of crime of youth in Ukraine, Turkey and Georgia (humanitarian areas of training).The study was conducted using the method of associative relationships analysis of the crime image through contextual analysis of the complex of associations. The methodology included the collection of the main spontaneous images and their associations (by means of a focus group discussion), followed by their categorization and clustering into thematic classes, comparison of images categories and categorization fields using formulas for calculating the figurative significance and the value of the categorization domain. This allowed to consider the images-category (single), the fields of categorization and their correlation (special) in the unity of the image of “crime” in the interviewee group. Using the method of comparative analysis of free associations and on the basis of the data obtained in 3 focused group discussions conducted in Ukraine, Georgia and Turkey, the specifics of a set of associations of the image of “crime” were determined and analyzed the social and individual associative significance of the crime image. It was revealed that the image of organized crime prevails in Ukraine, the image of the inner world (mental) and moral and legal social regulators of crime prevails in Georgia, and institutional, social and normative features of public justice dominates in Turkey. Significant differences in the image of “crime” have been identified between countries. The method proposed in the study allows to consider the complex of associations with the image of “crime” in the context analysis and in the system of all category fields, in which there are allocated associations. Also it allows to highlight the special in categorical fields for different countries and social groups, taking into account the justification of the use of associations. This makes it possible to highlight the specificity of the designated associations at the level of social and individual meanings. Further research may focus on the investigation of the channels for obtaining information on crime, the analysis of the experience of the interviewees, both personal and indirect, and the attitudes towards specific types of crime.
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