SOCIAL CAUSES OF CRIME AMONG ADOLESCENTS
the article examines the social causes of crime among adolescents. This topic is quite relevant, according to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation the number of crimes committed by teenagers and young people over the last 3 years has increased by almost 10 %. The most common crimes are theft and robbery. The question about the causes of juvenile crime was a principal at an emergency meeting of the Commission on the safety of citizens and the interaction with the system of judicial and law enforcement bodies of the Public chamber of the Russian Federation in February 2014. The problems of crime among adolescents are often raised in legal and social scientific literature, the journalists write about it. Speaking about the causes of crime, we can certainly say that the main ones are: trouble in the family; negative close social environment; stereotypes in respect of a teenager, or stigma; lack of preventive measures; lack of punishment for the committed offence; socio-economic inequality. In the article the author uses the term «troubled families» which refers not only to low-income families and families of drug addicts, alcoholics, but also quite wealthy, working families with parents, but not have the time or desire to communicate with their children. Parents do not have time to raise children, to show genuine interest in the child, but according to statistics, for the first time, many «normal» teenagers have committed the crime out of boredom and curiosity, and sometimes with the purpose to attract the attention of his family. Negative close social environment, in which delinquent behavior becomes the norm, is another cause of crime among teenagers. This environment appears because of problems with close relatives, in this «company» teenager finds attention, shortfalls in the family, and for this attention, according to the inexorable statistics, juvenile offenders committed their crimes under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The main purpose is to establish themselves in the eyes of peers, to show their power and superiority. But not only the inner circle and friends influence the behavior of adolescents. Attitudes towards adolescent, hung shortcuts, which often do not give to the young man the possibility to get rid of the «stigma» that often make him stand up to crime according to the principle: «If a man be called a pig-sooner or later he will grunt». It is the more difficult for teenager to resist stereotypes, especially when there is no support from adults. Another reason is the lack of preventive and educational measures, including the educational process, when everything is piled mainly on juvenile delinquency and teachers prefer «not to notice» problems among students, and that is even more terrible, the offenses made by them. However, the indifference of teaching staff leads to the lack of punishment of a teenager who committed the unlawful act. Often, teachers are trying to hush up the scandal, not to let it to come out of school, and that usually leads to recurrence. One of the main problem of our time is socio-economic inequality, making people look for «easy» money. The inequality of the opportunities available to the people belonging to different groups is especially shown in the teenage environment. In modern society age distinctions turn into a social inequality as the youth in comparison with adults has less chances of receiving work, a good salary and generally - on worthy existence. Legal way to earn «good life», especially in adolescence, is almost impossible. It is one more reason of committing robberies.