The problems of juvenile delinquency due to the involvement of minors in crimes and antisocial actions: criminal and legal aspects and methods of dealing with juvenile offending behavior by a case study of the Republic of Kalmykia

The study discusses the problems of involving the minors in crimes and antisocial actions, namely the reasons for offending behavior of adolescents. The research analyzes juvenile delinquency over the past few years and compares juvenile crime rates in the Republic of Kalmykia with ones in other constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The paper investigates a set of measures aimed at preventing crimes and antisocial actions of this category of persons used by law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Kalmykia. The criminal legal fight against juvenile delinquency, involvement of minors in crimes that can affect society and antisocial actions is one of the most important objectives of the public authorities in the field of protection of the juvenile rights and interests. The development of effective criminal law measures and tools is a priority in the fight against the involvement of minors in criminal activities. The crime rate in the Republic of Kalmykia demonstrates the effective/ineffective activities of the supervisory authorities intended to prevent juvenile delinquency. The ambiguous rates show the lack of effectiveness of supervisory and control bodies. Prior to the development and implementation of the set of preventive and precautionary measures applicable to minors, law enforcement authorities must first identify the causes and factors of illegal and antisocial behavior. The author proposes to apply a range of advanced tools and preventive measures designed to reduce and prevent juvenile crimes and antisocial actions in the territory of the Republic of Kalmykia.