Improvement of Rehabilitation and Resocialization Work with Persons Released from Juvenile Correctional Facilities as a Progressive Direction in Preventing Youth Crime

The most effective means of preventing juvenile crime are recognized to be special preventive measures aimed at this vulnerable group of the population. The authors argue for the necessity of organizing post-penitentiary work with persons released from juvenile correctional facilities. The object of the research is the problem of continuous deviant and delinquent behavior of teenagers who, after leaving places of confinement, require special socio-psychological, legal and pedagogical supervision provided by the state. Specific gender and physiological features of juvenile criminals, continuously stable indices of repeat offences that they commit, and a poor organization of re-socialization work, all testify to the necessity of creating specialized rehabilitation centers for persons released from juvenile correctional facilities in the Russian Federation. The conducted comparative analysis allowed the authors to conclude that a number of developed foreign countries view comprehensive aid to teenagers after their incarceration as a priority task of high importance, and it is advisable to incorporate this approach into the Russian legal system. It is proven, both theoretically and empirically, that, in order to establish correct complex preventive work, it is important to provide temporary supervision over teenagers after their release from incarceration by using a system of electronic bracelets, which has a powerful preventive potential. The authors stress that the adaptation work in this sphere could be advanced by the adoption of a Federal Law «On Re-socialization and Social Adaptation of Persons Released from Juvenile Correctional Facilities». The authors present an approximate structure of this normative act. It is concluded that a complex approach should be a priority when enforcing the suggested measures on optimizing the rehabilitation and resocialization work with young people who served the sentence of incarceration.