Social-psychological and clinical-psychopathological analysis of aggressiveness in adolescents

The present study considers social-environmental factors of aggressiveness in juveniles who have committed socially dangerous acts. 285 forensic psychiatric reports in Trans-Baikal Territory between 2009 and 2013 (archive of V.Kh. Kandinsky Clinical Psychiatric Hospital) were analyzed. The results of epidemiological studies on substance use, aggressive and criminal behavior of students of secondary vocational institution of Chita as well as results of mass observation of adolescents at special child care institution of closed type in the Trans-Baikal Territory are discussed. With the use of psychometric and projective techniques main personality traits of juveniles and level of their aggression were identified.