In the 80s of the last century, a new term appeared in the US legislative system - "delinquent behavior." This means a deviation from accepted in society behavioral norms (from the Latin. "Delinquo" - "deviation"). However, such a mean definition does not reflect all the nuances of this complex concept. In criminology, it is customary to interpret it, rather, as a “tendency toward an offense” than an accomplished action.
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So, delinquent behavior is absenteeism at school, and disrespectful attitude to peers and teachers, and communication with asocial groups of the same adolescents who deviate from the norms of public morality.More tangible and dangerous misconducts may also fall into this category: extortion, petty theft, fights, escape from home, alcohol and drug use. All these acts committed by adults are criminal and entail criminal liability. The goal of separating delinquent behavior from criminogenic is exclusively caring for minors, an attempt to protect them from the criminal world and not to record them ahead of time in the number of real criminals. That is why the punishment for acts committed by adolescents - with the exception of serious ones - qualifies asadministrative offenses.
What factors provoke young people to delinquent behavior? This is a fundamental question, the answer to which may lie in the psychological atmosphere in the family of a teenager. So, parents’ inattention to his problems and desires, or, on the contrary, excessive custody, cruelty and misunderstanding, or permissiveness and indulgence to all his desires, constant quarrels between father and mother and, of course, addiction of one of the parents to alcohol or drugs .
These circumstances are superimposed on the difficult period of growing up, causing a kind of protest, which determines the majority of manifestations of delinquency. By the way, many psychologists are inclined to consider deviant behavior of adolescents as a normal phenomenon, a reaction to social changes in society.What should be the prevention of delinquent behavior of adolescents, and is it even possible? It is a very difficult question, the answer to which will be purely rhetorical: to pay more attention to the education of minors, to create a healthy psychological environment around them in every possible way. Yes, these are maxims, but there is no other way. Deviant behavior is most often the moment a young creature searches for its “I”. And there is only one way out: do not interfere, but try to help him find himself and his path.