Perpetration of Crime in Dostoevsky's Crime and punishment: Revealing Interior Conflict of Criminal mind and Punishment as Salvation

Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment has embodied the psychological delusion of crime which has been a greater integration in 19th Century Russia under the Tsar’s regime. The novel has shown an intricate interplay of criminal psychology and literature. The protagonist, Raskolinkov has suffered from the delusional incapability of an ordinary man which justifies his crime on ethical and rational grounds of retribution. The paper attempts to reveal the psychological account of a crime. The paper explores the dual sides of Raskiolinkov’s character- his manner and attitude towards crime after successful perpetration. Secondly, Dostoevsky is trying to convey the message of salvation which could only possible to bring appeasement in criminals psyche through criminal justice system. The article has explored a new dimension of critique which is better comprehension of artistic narration of criminal psychology and positive retribution for the restoration of civilized social character. Keywords: Criminal Psychology, Criminal justice system, social character, psychological delusion,This article has been published at www.cjar.eu , Issue: 6, Vol.#2, September 2020