Historical Background of the Killer Psychomodel: Praxeological Analysis

Abstract

The problem of the identity of the offender (the one who attacks, robs and\or murders) is one of the most complex in criminology. The individual is a key element of crime in general and of a specific crime in particular, since it has subjective causes which, when they interact with the environment, lead to the commission of the crime. If it comes to killing contract, whether it’s for hire or money, it’s more complicated than that. The purpose of the following scientific exploration is to represent a systematic review of the socio-historical background of so-called killer psychomodel - the phenomenon yet neither revealed, nor scientifically thoroughly researched. One of the innovative approaches to developing this psychomodel is that the killer (or hired assassin) is praxeologically viewed from a professional perspective (i.e., who is killer regarding ‘killer’ as a profession). Ontological analysis of the ‘killer’ phenomenon is provided regarding the philosophical dispositions of such a person, the psychological background of such an individual, his specific living conditions, the special conditions created by the organizers aiming these people to continue their ‘killer’ routine activities throughout their lives. Keywords: psychomodel, prototypology, criminology, memory studies, killer as a profession, killer, psychological portrait.