Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Maladjustment as a Criminalizing Factor in the Formation of Corrupt Behavior of Civil Servants

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2026 19 (4)
Authors
Antonyan, Elena A.; Grishko, Natalya A.
Contact information
Antonyan, Elena A. : Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) (Moscow, Russian Federation); ; Grishko, Natalya A. : Russian University of Transport (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Keywords
maladaptation; corruption activities; corruption crime; public service; theories; analysis; prevention of corruption; motivation; anti-corruption legislation; legal nihilism
Abstract

The article considers social maladaptation as an independent criminalizing factor in the formation of corrupt behavior. Based on interdisciplinary analysis (theory of anomie, social control, neo- institutionalism, concepts of moral neutralization and organizational culture), a three-level model of maladaptation is substantiated: cognitive (rationalization and reassessment of norms), professional-role (deformation of official identity and instrumentalization of public function) and institutional (divergence of formal and informal regulators, selectivity of responsibility, formation of a corrupt subculture). The article substantiates the position that corruption is formed not in conditions of social marginalization, but within the institutionally integrated role of the civil service in the process of gradual transformation of the legal identity of the subject. The stages of the dynamics of the maladaptation mechanism of corruption are revealed, including latent normative reassessment, situational peculiarity, behavioral fixation, institutional integration and normative inversion. Special attention is paid to the phenomenon of institutional maladaptation, legitimizing corrupt activities and ensuring their reproduction. It is concluded that there is a need to move from a reactive criminal law model of combating corruption to a proactive prevention system focused on restoring the regulatory integrity of the institution of public service and strengthening the internal legal identity of the subject

Pages
708–716
EDN
QYWNAF
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/158258

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