To the question about the study of the personality of juvenile offenders: socio-legal aspect

The problems of study of personality of juvenile offenders through the prism of psycho-criminological analysis of the external environment of its formation. Different that one of the key problems of Russian society today is the existence of juvenile delinquency, which is based on the behavior of the individual offender, factors which is the age (14 to 18 years), instability of the psyche, the loss of social reference points, availability of alcohol, drugs, violent and erotic spectacles, etc. The factors that play a role in the criminalization of kids playing and other factors: single-parent families; the indifference, the indifference and cruelty of parents to their children contributing to homelessness, betazole ; unsatisfactory organization of leisure of teenagers on place of residence; the growing problem of employment of minors caused by the widespread violation of the bodies of labour and employment legislative requirements aimed at ensuring minors '' rights to work and to free choice of profession; the negative influence of informal groups, whose leaders often speak of a person previously convicted in the past. Given criminological characteristics of the crimes included in the structure of juvenile delinquency: you''ll be dominated by property juvenile crimes: thefts, robberies, robberies, extortion and hijackings of vehicles the basis of crimes committed by minors age motivational specifics: naughtiness, desire to increase authority, self-assertion, misguided romance; among juvenile offenders is dominated by males, due to the psycho-physiological characteristics, different social roles and experiences, etc. at the same time, different process of criminalization of young offenders increased as the intensity of criminal activity (aggression, cynicism, rage) and methods of Commission (torture, bullying, etc.). The main way of combating juvenile crime prevention act, regulations based on the provisions reflected in Federal law (see bibliography). Provides a list of both specialized and non-specialized, subjects of special alert that represents a single system consisting of a number of state bodies (internal Affairs, guardianship and trusteeship, youth Affairs, etc.), social movements, groups and other organizations. The conclusion about the need for the implementation of energetic, decisive and targeted action on prevention of juvenile crime whose effectiveness will largely depend on the complexity of the measures, support from the state and society.