The role of community educators in the prevention of juvenile delinquency (historical aspect)
One of the areas of reforming the modern Russian state is the development of civil society institutions, state-non-profit partnership in all spheres of life, including in the field of juvenile delinquency prevention. In modern conditions, in many subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Tatarstan, the Udmurt Republic, the Lipetsk region, etc.) the institution of public educators is being revived. The article examines the historical experience of public educators in the field of juvenile delinquency prevention. The author analyzed historical sources on the problem under study, published at the beginning of the twentieth century, including those including methodological recommendations, instructions for public educators of that time. The experience of the work of trustees (the second half of the 19th century - the beginning of the 20th century), inspectors of educators (1917 - 30s of the 20th century), which can be taken into account in modern conditions, when the institution of public educators is developing in many regions, is considered. The author describes the content of such a method of pedagogical influence as supervision of a trustee / supervision of an examiner-educator, their functional responsibilities, requirements for persons performing this work. The supervision of the guardian, as a measure of educational influence, consisted of regular meetings with his ward, which took place at a predetermined time. In addition, the trustees / examiners-educators carried out pedagogical diagnostics, collected detailed information about minors with deviating behavior, which was provided to specialized bodies (courts for minors, commissions for minors). The history of the development of pedagogical prevention of juvenile delinquency shows that the proactive community played an important role in working with children with behavioral deviations.