Juvenile and Youth Delinquency Prevention as a Factor in Strengthening Russian Society

The current socio-economic, legal and other conditions determine the most important priority of state policy in the field of security to build an effective system for preventing juvenile delinquency. The main tasks of the state in this area are aimed at reducing the number of registered crimes, positive changes in their structure, as well as at social adaptation and legal socialization of various socio- demographic groups of minors and youth. The purpose of the study was to obtain new knowledge about the crime of minors and youth in modern conditions. Based on the goal, the objectives of the study were: to identify the current state of juvenile and youth crime, the features of its structure; determination of the main trends in juvenile and youth crime; proposals for improving measures to prevent the crime under study. The methodological basis of the study is represented by a combination of general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge, including the dialectical method, formal-legal and systemstructural methods. The empirical basis of the study was strategic planning documents; federal legislation addressing the topic under study; as well as materials from publications submitted in open sources. As a result of the study, it was found that the problems of studying and preventing juvenile delinquency do not lose their relevance, the category of minors and youth deserves special attention from the state, The state and structure of juvenile delinquency indicates the need to improve measures to prevent the crime under study, whose main potential is laid in the field of strengthening the institution of the family and traditional cultural and spiritual values, the use of “big data” and modern digital technologies in public administration and law enforcement, as well as criminological support for crime prevention programming.