, MINORITY OF THE PERPETRATOR AS A CIRCUMSTANCE, MITIGATING PUNISHMENT // BSU bulletin. Education. Personality. Society. - 2018. №3–4. . - С. 114-119.

MINORITY OF THE PERPETRATOR AS A CIRCUMSTANCE, MITIGATING PUNISHMENT

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The article considers such a mitigating circumstance as the minority of the perpetrator. The social, psychological, ethical aspects of the formation of the minor’s personality are in- volved. The influence of unfavorable surroundings on the life of a teenager is described: persons prone to drug and alcohol abuse previously convicted. There are negative traits characteristic of difficult teenagers. Statistics of juvenile delinquency in Republic of Burya- tia are indicated in this article. The dependence between the deteriorating economic situation and the increase in social tension in society is revealed. The effect of rising unemployment, which contributes to the formation of the psychology of criminal behavior of juvenile ado- lescents, is traced.

mitigating and aggravating circumstances, minority, minors, teenager, crime.