The image of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the problem of staff turnover

Valery Sitnikov

VAK Russia 5.3.9 UDC 159.9 CSCSTI 15.41 Russian Classification of Professions by Education 37.00.00 Russian Library and Bibliographic Classification 884 Russian Trade and Bibliographic Classification 7 BISAC PSY003000

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THE IMAGE OF EMPLOYEES OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE PROBLEM OF STAFF TURNOVER The image of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the problem of staff turnover

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Published in Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia · Volume 2025, Issue 4 · Pages 303–312 · Rubric: FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF SAFETY

Received: 15.08.2025 Accepted: 25.12.2025 Published: 30.12.2025 Language of publication: RUS

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Valery Sitnikov

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Valery Sitnikov

Academic degree: doctor of psychological sciences

Science rang: professor

Saint Petersburg University of the MIA of Russia Russian Federation · Saint Petersburg

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ABSTRACT

Introduction. The study is devoted to the problem of staffing in the Ministry of Internal Affairs system of Russia and its connection with the socio-perceptual sphere, the role of image and social perceptions. A theoretical analysis of the image and perception of the figure of a police officer in the public consciousness has been done. The relevance is substantiated by the contradictory results of research studying police image issues and citizens' attitudes toward the police, as well as the need for theoretical justification of the leading role of multidimensional and multifunctional images in the development and formation of the professional consciousness of active police officers. Methods. General scientific research methods were used in this work: theoretical analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, systematization of information on the dynamics of internal affairs personnel, research on the image of the police in the minds of citizens, and the role of subjective images in the professional activities of employees. Results. The data on personnel dynamics has been summarised. The reasons for the increase in turnover and chronic understaffing of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the 2020s are described, which are related not so much to insufficient funding as to the conditions of service and the established image of the police. The specifics of the concepts of “image” and “appearance” were studied. The ambiguity and positive dynamics of the image of police officers in the public consciousness were identified, and the diagnostic capabilities of subjective images for studying the personality traits of police officers were analyzed.

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staffing issues, police officers, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, image, social perception, image, profession, selfimage, self-esteem

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