LEGAL REGULATION OF PREVENTIVE ACTIVITIES REGARDING MINORS

Abstract

The author pays attention to the legal regulation of preventive activities regarding minors. The illegal activity of minors attracts increased attention, as it is an indicator of the social situation in the country, and the fight against it is one of the most important tasks of our society. The problem of preventing juvenile delinquency has always been and is relevant. The crisis processes taking place in the state contributed to the change of social values, significant stratification of the population by income level, and caused the «social disorientation» of the population. Under such circumstances a certain part of minors made their choice in the direction of breaking the law. In general preventive measures against minor suspects and accused persons can be divided into the following categories: physically coercive (house arrest, detention, detention (temporary preventive measure), placement in a psychiatric institution in conditions that exclude dangerous behavior of the person, temporary arrest, extradition arrest as well as the preventive measure proposed by us - placement of a minor suspect or accused in a closed specialized children's institution). Psychological coercion which are divided into: preventive measures based on a personal promise of the suspect, the accused; precautionary measures based on property liability (bail provided by the suspect or accused); precautionary measures based on the actions of third parties. The effectiveness of prevention of the delinquency among minors depends on the professional training of employees of internal affairs bodies, when using special tools to identify dysfunctional families, minors prone to deviant, criminal and addictive behavior, establishing the specifics of the social situation of development, adolescent subculture, and individual and psychological characteristics of minor offenders.