Psychohistorical Approach as a Means of Criminological

Abstract

The scientific article is devoted to the psychohistorical approach as a means of criminological analysis. In this research, the emphasis is on the psychohistorical approach, that places its emphasis on the study of social processes in each historical epoch. The focus is on psychohistorical analysis which sets the perspective of considering such complexities as unique properties, provides an opportunity to identify and characterize the historical connection of the event with previous ones, to describe its originality in light and contrary to chronology. The subject of psychohistorical analysis is determined and the main provisions underlying this approach, which organize the boundaries of psychohistorical analysis, are considered: discontinuity and continuity of history; chronology and simultaneity; struggle of events, chance; lack of essence, corporeality; discourse analysis. The article concludes on the prospects and consequences of the psychohistorical approach.