Juvenile defenсe of rights: re-socialisation potential

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of defence of rights of convicted as a main condition for their re-socialization. It is shown that the feeling of insecurity leads to the fixation of personal deviations, it causes even more alienation of convicted from society, their value orientations stay more and more in confrontation with moral standards, that causes hatred for the power authorities and for all law-abiding citizens in general. Purpose of the study: to design a typology of convicted persons according to the level of development of their re-socialization potential.

The components assuring the process of re-socialization are the following: finding out the causes and factors of violations of social requirements, rules and laws, their singleness or recurrence; determination of the person's attitude to social norms, requirements and to own behaviour; identifying the incentives to be applied for the purpose of correction and necessary sanctions provided for in case of a deviant's refusal to comply with the social norms; the existence of public institutions, organizations, establishments that fulfill the socializing influence; socio-psychological prognosis of the further life course of a person with deviant behaviour.

It is proved that re-socialization potential includes: a high level of reflection; developed functions of forecasting and goal setting; socially oriented system of values; a sufficient level of subjectivity; attaining motivation and assertive behaviour in a frustration situation. The systemic factor of the processes of renewal of social functioning of juvenile convicted is the skill to responsibly treat the consequences of their actions, to correlate their actions with the awareness of other people's rights. If this quality is developed in a teenager, then the process of repentance, which is the basis of re-socialisation, will inevitably occur.

The typology of juvenile offenders has been developed: impulsive; socially focused; personally immature; personally conditioned; situational; dependent on context. The algorithm of activity of specialists of the penitentiary system for ensuring defence of the rights of juvenile convicted is presented.