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Analysis of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva

Mongush Aziyana Saryg-Oolovna

PhD in Law

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Law and Procedure, Tuva State University

667010, Russia, Republic of Tyva, Kyzyl, Bai-Haakskaya str., 12, sq. 39

aziana-tyva@mail.ru
Ondar Aldyn-Kherel Ezir-Oolovich

PhD in Law

Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Procedure, Tuva State University

667000, Russia, Republic of Tyva, Kyzyl, Rabochaya str., 4a, office 212

aldynxerel.ondar@mail.ru

DOI:

10.25136/2409-7543.2023.4.68936

EDN:

JPWOXT

Received:

10-11-2023


Published:

31-12-2023


Abstract: The article deals with issues related to the analysis of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva (Russia). In particular, a study of the criminological characteristics of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva was conducted, information and analytical statistics of internal affairs bodies were studied, where data on types of crimes for 12 months of 2022 were examined in more detail in comparison with the same period of 2021 in the Russian Federation, as well as crimes committed in the region under consideration. In the course of the conducted scientific research, general scientific, private scientific and special legal methods of cognition were used. An empirical study was conducted, within the framework of which students of Tuva State University were surveyed in order to obtain information about possible causes of juvenile delinquency according to the respondents. The analysis made it possible to assess the criminological state and establish the characteristics of the offender's personality. The authors present their own point of view of the need to put into practice a number of measures to prevent juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva. The scientific novelty of the research consist in the establishment of the features of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva, in particular its quantitative and qualitative changes occurring in the overall structure of crime. An attempt to predict the trend of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva and identify the main factors influencing juvenile delinquency, as well as in the development of preventive measures of delinquent behavior of adolescents in order to help stabilize this category of crime, keep its level at a socially tolerant level, contribute to a positive change in the qualitative characteristics of crime, namely the structure of crime, its nature. In particular, when carrying out individual preventive work with minors, state bodies need to put into practice a unified document management system for the timely exchange of information that will allow them to adequately respond to all challenges and threats in activities to protect the life, health, rights and freedoms of minors.


Keywords:

minors, crime, Republic of Tyva, analysis, types of crimes, the identity of the criminal, subjects of prevention, property crimes, statistical data, specific gravity

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Crimes committed by and against minors are one of the pressing problems in the Republic of Tyva. According to statistics, in 2021, 203 crimes were committed by minors or with their complicity, and in 2022, 235 crimes were identified and investigated on the territory of the Republic of Tyva, thereby, there is a tendency to increase by 15.8%.

This fact was announced by the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Tyva, while noting the overall decrease in the number of crimes by the end of 2022 in the region, she noted an increase in the number of crimes committed by minors, as previously indicated by 15.8%, most of which were committed by minors who had previously committed crimes. Considering the above, we believe that this phenomenon indicates the insufficient effectiveness of the measures taken by the authorities whose competence includes the prevention of juvenile delinquency. It is worth noting that the subject under consideration has previously been studied by some experts in this field, in particular Bondarenko N. V.[1], Kuzhuget M. T.[2], Oyun A. S.[3] and others[4]. However, the causal relationships and some other aspects of the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of juvenile delinquency have not been studied by these authors.

The majority of offenses are committed by students of educational organizations. Particular attention is drawn to the 2-fold increase in the number of crimes committed by minors under the influence of alcohol from 26 in 2021 to 52 in 2022[5]. Based on this, it is possible to judge the low level of cultural and moral qualities of minors, which primarily depend on upbringing in the family, preschool and school educational organizations.

An empirical study was conducted to fully analyze the criminogenic situation in the sphere under consideration. Within the framework of which 137 students of Tuva State University were surveyed in order to establish, according to their vision, the causes and conditions of the growth of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tuva. The majority of respondents believe that the family plays a key role in the formation of a minor's personality and the main factor in their committing offenses is the negative influence of the family, insufficient control over the behavior of a teenager, which further generates neglect with all the ensuing consequences of such behavior. In particular, the respondents believe that scandals and fights are the way to resolve internal conflicts in about 40% of dysfunctional families, and alcohol abuse in almost 65%. Their point of view is confirmed by the research of other criminologists, so according to N. I. Svechnikov and A. Y. Knyazkina, "the formation of the personality of adolescents occurs in communication in everyday life with their social environment: adults, parents, peers. An important factor in juvenile delinquency is the negative processes in the family"[6].

Older adolescence and adolescence are characterized by incompleteness of formation of their own moral attitudes, lack of life experience, increased emotionality, suggestibility. Along with this, in modern times, the cult of violence, rudeness, cruelty, drugs, prostitution, etc. actively penetrates into adolescent and youth subcultures through the media, through the Internet as role models.

This problem was voiced by the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation A. I. Bastrykin in an interview with a Russian newspaper, in particular, he noted that "in recent years, destructive media and Internet content has also had a negative impact on the growth of juvenile delinquency, which carries many risks of desocialization, deviant and illegal behavior of children, including the commission of actions by them who pose a threat to their own lives"[7].

It is also worth noting that, according to official statistics, qualitative changes are taking place in juvenile delinquency, i.e. the proportion of serious and especially serious acts in the structure of juvenile delinquency is increasing. For example, in 2022, the number of serious and especially serious crimes committed by teenagers in the Republic of Tyva increased by +5.9%, from 85 to 90. According to some reports, minors account for up to 2% of the total number of murders committed, up to 2.5-3% of intentional infliction of serious harm to health.

However, in comparison with adult crime, the structure of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva differs in the lowest proportion of serious violent crimes, the most common are crimes against property. So, in 2022, according to statistics from the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, 1,421 minors were convicted, most often tried for crimes of a property nature. A similar picture is observed in the Republic of Tyva - the number of convicted minors was 147 in total, of which about 70% were convicted of crimes related to theft, almost half of the cases for theft, theft and robbery[8].

An analysis of the categorical structure of crime in the Republic of Tyva indicates that in 2022 over 70% of minors or 104 persons were convicted of committing serious crimes, the number of juveniles sentenced to probation increased – 93, in 2021 – 89. And it is understandable that a minor, due to his age, in accordance with Russian criminal law, is judged more leniently: only 15% of all convicts in this category were sentenced to real imprisonment. The rest, in addition to probation, were sentenced to compulsory labor — 4.8%, to a fine — 1.3%. The number of minors released from punishment in connection with the use of compulsory educational measures has increased from 1 to 10.

Typical for juvenile delinquency are thefts, robberies, robberies, rapes, carjackings without the purpose of theft, which together account for about 80% of all illegal acts committed by minors. At the same time, the share of crimes related to drug trafficking, in particular the sale of narcotic drugs, committed by minors in the Republic of Tyva decreased from 36 to 20 (-45%).

Approximately 2-2.5 times more often, compared with adults, crimes are committed by minors as part of a group of persons, a group of persons by prior agreement, which is typical behavior for this category of persons. Thus, in the republic in 2022, 47.4% more (from 57 to 84) crimes committed in the group were registered. One fourth of the crimes under consideration were committed jointly with adults. Thus, about 60% of the total number of all juvenile delinquency was committed by group crimes.

The recidivism of juvenile crimes is low, it is about 7%. It is typical for teenagers to commit multi-episode thefts, robberies and robberies. Up to 48% of convicted minors have already committed several crimes at the time of criminal prosecution.

Crime statistics of recent years show that of the total number of identified minors, persons aged 16-17 years make up 72.2% (205 out of 284), the remaining 27.8% or 79 persons aged 14-15 years. The average minor violator of the law in the republic is a student, mainly based on the data provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tyva, they are brought up in a single-parent family, where one of the parents is insufficiently engaged with their child. Most often, 98% of all those in the dock are boys. The reasons for the commission of crimes by teenagers are different, however, in most cases they determine the overall picture of the problem.

The current situation requires a systematic approach to solving the issue of reducing juvenile delinquency. In our opinion, this can be achieved only through the interaction of various subjects of prevention in the field under consideration. It is necessary to establish a constant exchange of information of interest to these bodies-subjects of prevention with the introduction of high technologies into the activities of the latter, which can ensure a constant and immediate flow of information.

One of the subjects of juvenile delinquency prevention is the internal affairs bodies. Their preventive activities are carried out on the basis of Federal Law No. 120-FZ dated 06/24/1999 "On the basics of the system for the prevention of neglect and juvenile Delinquency", Order No. 845 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated 10/15/2013 "On Approval of Instructions on the Organization of activities of juvenile Affairs units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation". 36 inspectors of juvenile affairs units carry out activities to prevent neglect and offenses among 123469 minors in the territory of the Republic.

As of 01.01.2023, 481 teenagers (432, +12% in the previous year) are on the preventive records of the juvenile affairs units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tyva, 43 of them were convicted of measures not related to isolation from society (48, -11% last year), 33 were conditionally convicted (for In 2021, 32), 94 suspects and accused of committing crimes (77 over the past year), in addition, 541 dysfunctional families with 1,366 children are on preventive registration.

Also, it is worth noting that according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tyva, 25 groups of antisocial minors are under preventive supervision, which consist of 67 participants.

In 2022, it follows from the report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tyva that extensive work was carried out to prevent and identify administrative offenses in the field of prevention of neglect and offenses among minors. So, during the specified year, 5,556 citizens were brought to administrative responsibility, including 4,968 parents negligently related to the fulfillment of their responsibilities for the upbringing of minor children, 331 minors, 257 guardians, trustees and other persons responsible for the upbringing of a minor.

During the preventive measures carried out by police officers, in order to protect life and health, as well as on suspicion of committing crimes, administrative offenses and antisocial actions, 4,239 minors were taken to the internal affairs bodies, including 1,519 teenagers for being in a public place at night.

Of the children taken to the internal affairs bodies, 1,090 minors were subsequently transferred to the institutions of the prevention system, of which 429 children who were in conditions threatening their life and health were transferred to the children's departments of hospitals, 595 persons to the centers for social assistance to families and children, to the Temporary Detention Center for Juvenile Offenders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs 66 teenagers were placed in the Republic of Tyva, the rest were transferred to their parents and guardians. Based on this, it can be judged about the high level of probability of criminalization of minors in the Republic of Tyva, since the fact that out of 123469 minors of the Republic of Tyva, 4239 persons were taken to the internal affairs bodies on various grounds, this is almost 4% of the total number of children of the republic who are in conditions under which they they may be involved in a criminal environment. Thus, we believe that if timely measures are not taken to reduce the level of neglect, homelessness and juvenile delinquency, then in the future the Republic of Tyva will be among the leaders with a criminalized population and this trend will only increase in the future.

Based on the opinion of some of the interviewed competent persons of the internal affairs bodies, we believe that in the Republic of Tyva, one of the factors of increasing juvenile delinquency is the social policy of the state, in particular, support for families with children that have appeared in recent years. Some people who are prone to drinking alcoholic beverages have stopped engaging in active work, relying only on social benefits for children. This category of parents does not feel any responsibility for their young child, and children are born in such families, not because of the parents' desire to raise and educate their descendants, but in order to receive social benefits for them. Thus, in many dysfunctional families, young children are in conditions that threaten their life and health. To solve this problem, we consider it necessary to create modern shelters and boarding schools for children left without parental care, persons deprived of parental rights. Since, according to the interviewed employees of the juvenile affairs units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tyva, often staying with alcoholic parents, minors are involved in antisocial activities, and then fall into a criminal environment, as a result, they grow up to be citizens with low social responsibility and history repeats itself. In order to get out of the "vicious circle", we consider it necessary to act together with all subjects of the prevention of neglect and homelessness of minors, to provide weighty evidence to the court exposing the true intentions of parents, as well as about the living conditions of children with their parents, to deprive them of parental rights, in order to protect minors from the negative impact of parents and their environment.

In addition, preventive measures of the subjects of this activity are not excluded, since individual preventive work involving a minor in various circles and sections is one of the main directions of juvenile delinquency prevention. As the main method of individual prevention, it is customary to call the method of persuasion, the essence of which lies primarily in a personal conversation with the supervised person. An employee of the juvenile affairs unit, a social teacher, a class teacher, a curator, etc. in personal communication, directs him to a legal lifestyle, explaining the consequences of antisocial behavior. By the method of persuasion, the subject of prevention contributes to the formation of a worldview, personal principles and ideas, and a person's conviction of the benefits of a legal lifestyle.

Thus, in conclusion, it is worth noting that the analysis of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva allowed us to draw a number of conclusions and recommendations to improve the effectiveness of preventive measures taken by the subjects of this activity. In particular, individual preventive work with minors is an effective means of preventing juvenile delinquency, since during the course of individual preventive measures with minors, a police officer applies the full range of forms and methods of prevention. By the method of persuasion, a police officer contributes to the formation of a worldview, personal principles and ideas, and a person's conviction of the benefits of a legal lifestyle.

In addition, in the policy of the state aimed at increasing the demography in the country and the social well-being of the population, it is necessary to take into account that material and financial support for families with children can also be used by persons with destructive behavior who do not have good intentions and specific measures should be taken against their children to protect their life and health.

In order to increase the effectiveness of the activities of the subjects of juvenile delinquency prevention, there is a need to introduce into their practice a unified document management system for the timely exchange of information, which would allow an adequate response to all challenges and threats in activities to protect the life, health, rights and freedoms of minors.

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The subject of the research in the article submitted for review is, as its name implies, juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva. The stated boundaries of the study are fully respected by the author. The methodology of the research is not disclosed in the text of the article, but it is obvious that the scientists used universal dialectical, logical, statistical, sociological, formal legal research methods. The relevance of the research topic chosen by the author is justified by him as follows: "Crimes committed by minors, and in relation to them, are one of the pressing problems in the Republic of Tyva. According to statistics, in 2021, 203 crimes were committed by minors or with their complicity, and in 2022, 235 crimes were identified and investigated on the territory of the Republic of Tyva, thereby, there is a tendency to increase by 15.8%. This fact was also announced by the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Tyva, while noting the overall decrease in the number of crimes by the end of 2022 in the region, she noted an increase in the number of crimes committed by minors, as previously indicated by 15.8%, most of which were committed by minors who had previously committed crimes. Considering the above, we believe that this phenomenon indicates the insufficient effectiveness of the measures taken by the authorities whose competence includes the prevention of juvenile delinquency." Additionally, the scientist needs to list the names of the leading experts who have been engaged in the study of the problems raised in the article, as well as reveal the degree of their study. The scientific novelty of the work is manifested in a number of conclusions and suggestions of the author: "The majority of respondents believe that the family plays a key role in shaping the personality of a minor and the main factor in their offenses is the negative influence of the family, insufficient control over the behavior of a teenager, which further generates neglect with all the ensuing consequences of such behavior"; "... in 2022, the number of serious and especially serious crimes committed by adolescents in The Republic of Tyva increased by +5.9% from 85 to 90. According to some reports, minors account for up to 2% of the total number of murders committed, up to 2.5-3% of intentional infliction of serious harm to health"; "Typical for juvenile crime are theft, robbery, robbery, rape, theft of vehicles without the purpose of theft, which together account for about 80% of all illegal acts, committed by minors. At the same time, the share of crimes related to drug trafficking, in particular the sale of narcotic drugs, committed by minors in the Republic of Tyva decreased from 36 to 20 (-45%)"; "The average minor violator of the law in the republic is a student aged 16-17 years. Basically, based on the data provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tyva, they are brought up in a single-parent family, where one of the parents is insufficiently engaged with his child. Most often, 98% of all those in the dock are boys. The reasons for the commission of crimes by teenagers are different, however, in most cases they determine the overall picture of the problem," etc. Thus, the article makes a certain contribution to the development of domestic legal science and, of course, deserves the attention of the readership. The scientific style of the research is fully sustained by the author. The structure of the work is quite logical. In the introductory part of the article, the scientist substantiates the relevance of his chosen research topic. In the main part of the work, the author, based on the materials of statistical and sociological research, describes the quantitative and qualitative state of juvenile delinquency in Tyva, analyzes a number of its causes and conditions, and suggests measures to combat it. The final part of the article contains conclusions based on the results of the study. The content of the article fully corresponds to its title, but it is not without some formal drawbacks. So, the author writes: "The opinion of the respondents is confirmed by the research of other criminologists, who found that in about 40% of dysfunctional families, scandals, fights are the way to resolve internal conflicts, and almost 65% abuse alcohol," but the source of information does not indicate. The same goes for the following statement: "According to some reports, minors account for up to 2% of the total number of murders committed, up to 2.5-3% of intentional infliction of serious harm to health." The scientist notes: "Since, according to the interviewed employees of the juvenile affairs units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tyva, often staying with alcoholic parents, minors are involved in antisocial activities, and then enter the criminal environment, as a result, they grow up to be "frostbitten criminals" and history repeats itself." In a scientific article, journalistic terms and colloquial expressions ("frostbitten criminal") should be avoided. The bibliography of the study is presented by 3 sources (analytical and statistical data), not counting normative legal acts, as well as materials of sociological research conducted by the author (in particular, the scientist "... interviewed 137 students of Tuva State University in order to establish, according to their vision, the causes and conditions of the growth of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tuva", as well as some employees bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs). From a formal and factual point of view (taking into account the focus of the study), this is enough. The nature and number of sources used in writing the article allowed the author to reveal the research topic with the necessary depth and completeness. There is an appeal to the opponents, but it is of a general nature, since when formulating the provisions of the work, the author mainly relied on the materials of his sociological research. The scientific discussion is conducted by the scientist correctly. The provisions of the article are sufficiently substantiated and illustrated with examples. Conclusions based on the results of the study are available ("... individual preventive work with minors is an effective means of preventing juvenile delinquency, since during the conduct of individual preventive measures with minors, a police officer applies the full range of forms and methods of prevention. By the method of persuasion, a police officer contributes to the formation of a worldview, personal principles and ideas, and a person's conviction of the benefits of a legal lifestyle. In addition, State policy should take into account that social support for families with children can also be used by people with destructive behavior who do not have good intentions and specific measures should be taken with respect to their children to protect their lives and health. In order to increase the effectiveness of the activities of the subjects of juvenile delinquency prevention, it is necessary to introduce into their practice a unified document management system for the timely exchange of information, which will adequately respond to all challenges and threats in activities to protect the life, health, rights and freedoms of minors"), have the properties of reliability and validity and undoubtedly deserve the attention of the readership. The article needs careful proofreading. It contains spelling, punctuation, syntactic, and stylistic errors. The interest of the readership in the article submitted for review can be shown primarily by specialists in the field of criminal law and criminology, provided that it is finalized: disclosure of the research methodology, additional justification of its relevance, elimination of violations in the design of the work.

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The subject of the study. In the peer-reviewed article "Analysis of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva", the subject of the study is the state and causes of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva. The author of the article conducted an empirical study. Research methodology. When writing the article, such methods as logical, statistical, historical, theoretical and predictive, formal legal, system-structural and legal modeling were used. The methodological apparatus consists of the following dialectical techniques and methods of scientific cognition: analysis, abstraction, induction, deduction, hypothesis, analogy, synthesis, typology, classification, systematization and generalization. The work used a combination of empirical and theoretical information. The use of modern methods made it possible to study established approaches, views on the subject of research, to develop an author's position and to argue it. The relevance of research. The relevance of the research topic stated by the author is justified by the need to take effective measures, first of all, at the legislative and law enforcement level, including preventive ones, in connection with the unfavorable criminogenic situation among minors in the Republic of Tyva. As the author of this article notes: "Crimes committed by minors and in relation to them are one of the pressing problems in the Republic of Tyva. According to statistical data, in 2021, 203 crimes were committed by minors or with their complicity, and in 2022, 235 crimes were identified and investigated on the territory of the Republic of Tyva, thus, there is a tendency to increase by 15.8%." These circumstances indicate the relevance of doctrinal developments on this topic in order to improve legislation and practice of its application. Scientific novelty. Without questioning the importance of previous scientific research, which served as the theoretical basis for this work, nevertheless, it can be noted that this article for the first time formulated noteworthy provisions, for example: "... In particular, individual preventive work with minors is an effective means of preventing juvenile delinquency, since during the course of individual preventive measures with minors, a police officer applies the full range of forms and methods of prevention. By the method of persuasion, a police officer contributes to the formation of a worldview, personal principles and ideas, and a person's conviction of the benefits of a legal lifestyle." Based on the results of writing the article, the author has made a number of theoretical conclusions and suggestions, which indicates not only the importance of this study for legal science, but also determines its practical significance. Style, structure, content. The article is written in a scientific style, using special legal terminology. The topic is disclosed, the content of the article corresponds to its title. The article is structured. The material is presented consistently and clearly. It seems that the introduction does not fully meet the requirements for this part of the scientific article. And also, in conclusion, it would be necessary to formulate the main results that the author achieved during the research. As a private remark, non-compliance with the rules of punctuation marks in some sentences is noted (introductory words are not separated by commas, for example: in particular, first of all, etc.). The remarks are of a disposable nature. Bibliography. The author uses a sufficient number of doctrinal sources and provides links to publications of recent years. References to sources are designed in accordance with the requirements of the bibliographic GOST. Appeal to opponents. A scientific discussion is presented on certain issues of the stated topic, and appeals to opponents are correct. All borrowings are decorated with links to the author and the source of the publication. However, in some cases, the order of writing the full name is violated in the text of the article: the initials should be indicated first, and then the surname of the author (Bondarenko N. V., Kuzhuget M. T., Oyun A. S.). A technical remark. Conclusions, the interest of the readership. The article "Analysis of juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Tyva" is recommended for publication. The article corresponds to the topic and editorial policy of the journal "Security Issues". The article is written on an urgent topic, has practical significance and is characterized by scientific novelty. This article may be of interest to a wide readership, primarily specialists in the field of law enforcement, juvenile justice, criminology and criminal law, and will also be useful for teachers and students of law schools and faculties.