The Features of Extremism Prevention Among Young People

Introduction: the development of the market economy at the present stage of the Russian state has directly affected the criminological situation among young people. The extent of crime among this category of population is currently almost unchanged. The increase in the level of its public danger and the manifestation of new forms of criminal behavior of extremist orientation sharply exacerbate the criminal situation in the regions, including the Volgograd region. In this regard, the urgency of effective measures to prevent this negative phenomenon is increasing. The purpose of the paper: to characterize the current state of prevention of extremism among young people. Tasks: to assess the prevention of extremism among young people; to identify promising areas of systemic interaction between the main subjects of prevention of juvenile and youth extremism; to offer recommendations on the need to introduce organizational and socio-psychological directions of countering extremist influences on the young person into the academic and educational processes. Methods: the authors used the general scientific, systemic, and institutional research methods, as well as the methods of legal statistics, which allowed them to solve the tasks set by the research team. Results: the problems of extremism among young people are characterized, the promising directions of its prevention are identified, and the results of the fight against youth extremism in Volgograd are shown using the methods of legal statistics. Conclusions: in order to improve the efficiency of the prevention of youth extremism within the territory of Volgograd and the region the authors suggest in a coordinated manner with the participation of all actors of prevention to solve the employment problem of young people sentenced to penalties not involving incarceration; to systematically organize events in conjunction with the operational units, to identify and separate criminal gangs, involving the youth in their illegal activities; to regularly conduct preventive work with the parents and legal representatives of adolescents, especially those who are in a difficult life situation.