Causes of juvenile delinquency in Russia

Introduction: the article is devoted to the study of causes of juvenile delinquency. The causal complex of juvenile delinquency includes causes and conditions, both common to crime in general and specific, features inherent only in juvenile delinquency. Materials and Methods: the methodological basis of this article is a dialectical approach to scientific knowledge of the causes of juvenile delinquency. General scientific methods of cognition are used in the article. Results: the crime of juveniles quite rightly belongs to one of the primary issues of concern of modern society. It is the juveniles who are the future of any society. Their future, as well as the development of the society as a whole, depend on what are juveniles. Analysis of the causes of criminal behavior of minors begins with a study of shortcomings in education of children in such social institutions as: family, formal groups in kindergarten, school, in informal groups at place of residence, as well as in special educational institutions...