Pozdnyakova M.E. Specific Features of Deviant Behavior of Juveniles in Russia:on the Way of Criminalization and Desocialization

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of the life situation of the so-called “prosperous” and “disadvantaged” minors in order to identify the most significant problems associated with the behavior, morality, worldview and lifestyle of children in difficult life situations, to trace the main stages of the formation of various forms of deviations. Special attention was paid to the factors contributing to adolescents’ turning on the criminal path. The analysis of the materials showed that the deviant behavior of minors in Russia is acquiring qualitatively new forms: the percentage of adolescents, who consider as a normal the behavior regarded by adults as deviating, has increased. There is a normalization of many types of deviant behavior - the criminalization of consciousness. The paper presents an analysis of the life situation of the so-called “prosperous” and “disadvantaged” minors in order to identify the most significant problems associated with the behavior, morality, worldview and lifestyle of children in difficult life situations, to trace the main stages of the formation of various forms of deviations. Special attention was paid to the factors contributing to adolescents’ turning on the criminal path. The analysis of the materials showed that the deviant behavior of minors in Russia is acquiring qualitatively new forms: the percentage of adolescents, who consider as a normal thebehavior regarded by adults as deviating, has increased. There is a normalization of many types of deviant behavior - the criminalization of consciousness.