Socio-psychological, criminological characteristics of the personality of extremist, terrorist, engaged in propaganda among the youth

The article reveals: socio-psychological criminological characteristics of personality advocate extremism and terrorism. The focus of the author focuses on specific moral, psychological, spiritual and moral values of the extremist, terrorist propagandizing extremism and terrorism. The purpose of writing this article is to review the socio-psychological, criminological characteristics of persons advocating extremism and terrorism. Criminologists point out that the identity of the perpetrator is characterized by the following data: socio-biological, demographic, criminal law, moral-psychological sphere of life and social relationships. Analysis of the sociobiological data allows you to note that the most active promoters of the involvement of young people in extremist and terrorist activities are males. Extremists propagandists are people who are characterized by the special moral and psychological qualities: 1) a fanatical adherence to an ideology promoted; 2) Group fanaticism and narcissism; 3) the group nature of the action; 4) radicalism, which is expressed in the form of violence and intimidation. [3] Unlike other extremism and terrorism are criminal acts carried out in order to implement some ideas. In this regard, it must be assumed that the moral-psychological features of extremists and terrorists based on the ideology of extremism and terrorism, which are reflected in its specificity, emotional and mental health, ways of perception and attitude towards the outside world, on the interaction between its inner and outer world. Involving youth in terrorist and extremist activities, they realize that they are on offense and even to death, but they do not stop, because they are fans of radical Islam. Representatives of nontraditional radical trend of Islam is peculiar to the religious fanaticism that borders on physical and spiritual violence.