THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR OF ORPHANS

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The problem of delinquent behavior is one of the urgent problems of modern society. Its actualization is resulted from the growth of juvenile delinquency, difficulties in correcting deviant behavior, which produces a special interest in the study of the phenomenon of delinquent behavior in orphans. The systematization of scientific data on the problem of delinquent behavior of orphans made it possible to state that its analysis requires a systematic approach. Based on the results of the study, this approach made it possible to determine the relationship of various unfavorable determinants that negatively affect the process of the formation of the personality of a juvenile brought up in institutions for orphans and his behavior. Based on the analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, the main approaches to the problem of delinquent behavior in Russian psychology are systematized. The author also clarified the concept of «delinquent behavior» as a set of illegal actions of children and adolescents, which represent their opposition to the existing reality and threaten the well-being of other people or public order, identified the psychological nature, conditions and factors of delinquent behavior of orphans.

Key words: orphans, delinquent behavior, deviant behavior, characteristics, adolescents, education and training

For citation: THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR OF ORPHANS. Pedagogicheskie issledovaniya = Pedagogical Research. 2020;(1):58–68. (In Russ.).

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