VIKTOR SYNIOV AND MODERN PENITENTIARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE

The article contains a scientific and journalistic description of the biographical and scientific achievements of the outstanding Ukrainian scientist and innovator, Honorary President of the NGO “Ukrainian Association of Special Psychologists”, full member of the NAES of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Professor of the Department of Psychoсorrectional Pedagogy and Rehabilitation of Dragomanov Ukrainian State University, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Viktor Synov. The authors’ team of scientists are followers of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Viktor Synov. So they strive to convey to young scientists these innovative ideas and the results of his research, which became the basis for the development of modern penitentiary pedagogy and penitentiary psychology. Key words: personality of the penitentiary specialist, pedagogical culture, penitentiary pedagogy, penitentiary psychology, staff training.