Annotation: In this article, the concept of a criminal subculture is considered. The role and place of this influence on social life and the system of human values are determined. Also, separate issues of such a subculture are examined, the essence of the criminal subculture and the main sources of distribution are determined. Problems of negative influence on society in the modern period are violated. Examples of life spheres where criminal subculture penetrates. Separately, the asocial influence of the jargon language (argos) on various spheres of public life is considered. An existing list of factors that shape the attractiveness of such a subculture for individual masses of the population. Listed a list of defects in the sense of justice of citizens who fall under the negative influence of "criminal culture".