TYPOLOGY OF INDIVIDUALS COMMITTING WAR AND WAR-RELATED CRIMES IN THE FIELD OF RADIOECOLOGICAL SAFETY

Abstract

This article proposes a typology of individuals who commit war and war-
related crimes in the field of radioecological safety, based on general theoretical
knowledge of the criminal personality and empirical data. With regard to the war-
contextual type, which is characterized by criminal activities in the context of an
armed conflict, the author presents a typology based on social-role characteristics
and motivation within the framework of an armed conflict. The following types
and subtypes of war criminals are identified and described: ordinary combatant;
military commander; military-political leader (supreme leader, corporate leader);
aggressor-terrorist; sacrificial defender; corporate conformist; political
conformist; cowardly subtype. In addition to the types described, other
categories may be developed: either equivalent types or subtypes that further
detail the characteristics of criminal individuals and deepen the understanding of
their behavioral logic. This, in turn, will contribute to the development of effective measures for preventing and countering crime in the field of radioecological
safety. For crime prevention purposes, including criminological profiling, a cross-
typological approach may be useful, allowing for the identification of certain
integrative and combined types.