Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Prevention
The article is devoted to the causality and prevention of criminal behavior of adolescents aged 11 to 16 years in the Republic of Georgia. This topic is explored through the prism of analyzing the socio-economic causes of deviant behavior of minors and attempts to solve the problem through methods of juvenile justice, drawing public attention to contemporary problems of adolescents. It emphasizes the dependence of the causes of criminal behavior on the situation in the family, which is characterized by a lack of maternal attention and affection due to the fact that women with children are forced to apply a lot of time and effort to ensure the material needs of the child. Attention is drawn to the need to use the achievements of modern psychological science in the prevention of juvenile delinquency. Justifies the proposal to adopt a special law on the service of psychological support at the state level and the development of a program of psychological support for adolescents with deviant behavior and children at risk.