Duzbayeva
Saltanat Bekbolatqyzy
Doctoral student of Law
faculty, Department of Criminal law, Criminal
Procedure and Criminalistics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Jansarayeva
Rima Erenatovna
Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of Department of Criminal law, Criminal Procedure and
Criminalistics, Law faculty, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Features of the minor offender
Abstract. In this article discusses
personality characteristics of a juvenile offender. Juvenile delinquency is
primarily determined by the characteristics of the personality of the offender,
associated with certain biological, psychological, and mental changes in the
structure of the individual age due to a certain level of development forces,
intelligence, instincts, and even «physical» committing certain crimes.
Keywords: minor crime, juvenile delinquency, identification of a juvenile offender
For
a sustainable future educating the younger generation has always been, and will
be deemed to be the main task of each individual and the state as a whole. One
of the main objectives of each state is to maintain stability sufficient
conditions for every child. Teenagers whose behavior deviates from accepted in
society rules, standards of conduct, referred to as difficult or troubled.
These teens are physically healthy, but not brought up and trained. Not only
are they bad study and resist educational influences, but also characterized by
profound alienation from family, school, the influence of asocial, crime
groups, severe social disabilities: violated discipline in school, don't want
to learn, conflict with peers, teachers, parents, school dropouts, consider
themselves losers wander, drink, break the laws.
For a complete study of the
personality of the modern a juvenile offender, it is necessary to disclose the
issue, criminological characteristics of personality of the perpetrator as a
whole. In Criminology, the question of the identity of the offender is still
quite controversial for criminologists. It is important, first of all, because
it is a key factor to address the question of whether there is a special
formula to address crime by crime analysis, and as a result and the identity of
the offender. That is, the identity of the offender, parsed, characteristics,
behavior, psychological inclinations, i.e. internal driving forces of
committing those or other crimes, and there are media causes of certain types
of crimes.
Juvenile delinquency is a
combination of crimes in society, by persons between the ages of 14 to 17
years. Juvenile delinquency is an integral part of a crime in general, but also
has its own specific features, allowing you to treat it as an object of
criminological study.
The need for such allocation
is conditional on characteristics of somatic, psychic and moral development of
minors as well as their social immaturity.
Because of their not fully
developed and established character and personality underage teens are more
susceptible to factors that give rise to crime. These factors create a negative
perception shell life of minors, their living conditions, upbringing, as a
consequence of the outbreak of conflict in the family and society, and as
practice shows, unfortunately, in the future, and to the crime by a minor or
against it.
The identity of a juvenile
offender is characterized by the presence of such moral and psychological
structure properties and characteristics (beliefs, desires, moods, etc), which
directs its choice on anti-social behavior and when a certain situation led to
this choice.
Analyzing the personality of
the juvenile offender, any person whether it be and without legal education,
brings to mind an image of a child with a poor level of education in the family
and midst in general.
Citing examples of the
causes of juvenile delinquency, the following may be noted: the separation of
layers of population on the social level; material aspect relating to cash
payments or other material benefit; stability in the family, a negative
perception of reality on the part of parents or other caregivers; often stands
alcoholism or not steady nerves and mental state; the low level of culture, and
as a consequence of lax baggage moral, ethical values. Of course, these factors
do not directly affect the behavior of the teen or adult behavior in relation
to minors, more is characterized by the fact that perceived all indirectly
through the nearest surroundings.
Ages 14-17 years are
characterized by major changes in the human body in his psyche. At this time
there is a physical (including sexual) maturing adolescent, burgeoning moral
and intellectual ability. It was during these years is established responsible
attitude teen to reality. So, I think appropriate, even without having
psychological education to understand that 14-17 years is one of the most
critical ages of life, and it was during this period that should be given
attention, what is the interest of the young person, and try to pay more
attention to education.
Many convicted minors formed
his view of the world, its life «philosophy», mainly depending on the social status and individual
Wednesday. Analysis of colonies showed that they came from dysfunctional broken
families, whose standard of living is below average, have an incomplete
secondary education, and some is not taught in school.
What influences a juvenile
to commit a crime? The main motives might be:
-brag in front of
classmates, friends with a demonstration of his courage;
-selfish attitude towards
the subject matter of a claim for which a minor commits an unlawful act;
-the subordination of the
influence of the more experienced adults with criminal records;
-limited positive kinship
and friendship;
-inadequate self-esteem and
level of claims, etc. [1]
In our opinion, the biggest
driving force or you can tell the source in a child's behavior, is primarily a
family. Family, it is the closest and most appropriate social circle for the
formation of personality, unfortunately not everyone remembers this, and in the
cases and generally disregards it. The influence of family considerably, not
only in the early stages of maturation of the child, in my view, adolescence,
being the most tender age, must be subjected to careful attention from the
closest of an adult. Parenting has never been easy, as well as the preservation
of the institution of the family in the fairest of his condition, but because
of the children and the immediate future of the world depends on it. «From
the criminological point of view, of particular importance is the study of
marital status of juvenile offenders. This is understandable, because in the
family formed socially significant individual and quality inherent in her
evaluation criteria. Studies show that more than two-thirds of juvenile
delinquents were brought up in families where constantly squabbles, scandals,
mutual insults, drunkenness and debauchery. Each eighth-tenth a persistent
offender, embarked on the criminal path at an early age, drunkenness and
offences involved parents, elder brothers, relatives. In addition, socially
vulnerable family has a negative impact not only on their own members, but also
on other teenagers with whom their children are friends. Thus, there is a
process of "contamination" of adolescents do not belong directly to
the family» [2,
p. 50].
In psychological studies of
juvenile offender is characterized by
low enthusiasm towards development, cognitivism and in general interest
in studying or something related with this. Characteristic for a juvenile
offender replacement interests to learning, interests and needs that meet
personal needs. In the search for the satisfaction of personal needs often a
minor resorting to unlawful ways that can lead to such disastrous consequences,
such as getting used to the negative, to the misperception of negative
contentment needs.
Very inherent to describe a
young offender significant deformation of inner qualities as morality,
responsibility, ethics and personal values as a whole. Broken also and
emotional internal craving teen, declining sense of shame are such qualities as
rudeness, mendacity, and completely removed such feelings as experiencing
someone else's grief.
I would like to note that
frequent there are cases involving adults in their criminal activities by
minors, however, as the practice in the vast majority of cases, these «adults»
not particularly different in the age of minors, or the age difference is not
significant.
So where does this zeal and
desire to go on such anti-social activities as offences. Perhaps we can
disclose the issue if you take a look at the issue from the motivational sphere
of the person of a juvenile teenager. What is motive. A motive or motivation is
those or other driving forces, to meet the needs of the individual and the
actions which the identity has taken to achieve the full meaning of their
activity. Needs creating motives for action, there are five requirements:
Physiological needs, that is
the most basic human needs as an individual, unfortunately in our time can go
for possession of material success that as a consequence can be for selfish
reasons for juvenile crime;
Such as self-preservation
instinct, creates the need for security and comfort, both physical and
psychological aspects. In normal manifestation is expressed in self-defense
with the motive of criminological hand can speak self-defense while defending
the attacks and can even say overly aggressive reaction, which does not correspond
to a real threat;
Herd instinct, may be in
need and desire to communicate, expresses the motive of avoiding loneliness
when viewed at an angle of anti-sociality, this requirement can be a minor
vagrancy with their peers;
The instinct of creation
expresses this need as the desire for activity, it would seem quite positive
this motive the desire of accepting yourself, but there is a flip side to the
coin. If the minor is unable to accept himself, then he will be looking for its
place in those subcultures, which are not inherent in the special requirements,
for example, is a criminal subculture;
The instinct of inspiration
can manifest itself in a self-affirmation or self-realization, criminological
aspect can be excessive thirst for power that can lead to bad consequences.
As we can see, simple human
instincts, breed for an ordinary human motives to action, can be seen and can
speak of criminological party. Under normal growing up, each of the motivations
and instincts, is reflected not only always a good party, but not with such
devastating consequences.
Thus juvenile crime stems from the reciprocal effect of negative facts
external Wednesday and the identity of the minor. Most often the crime
committing so-called «difficult» pedagogically «running». A number of studies have indicated that for adolescent offenders is
characterized by a low level of cognitive development and the public interest.
On the formation of the ideals of this teenager's excessive influence of peers,
particularly senior in age, with experience of anti-social behavior. The
majority of these adolescents personality structure is dominated by negative
characteristics: laziness, apathy, irresponsibility, conformism, insensitivity,
aggressiveness, etc.
Usually, troubled adolescents is characterized by negative attitudes to
learning, which ultimately contrasts their collective class, schools, colleges
etc. This juxtaposition of lies in the reasons for training activities. When
the majority of children in the educational process is dominated by educational
motives, for troubled teenagers in the same process dominates the motive force.
As A. S. Makarenko wrote: «Do
not think that you educate a child only when you talk with him, or get him or
order him. You educate him in every moment of your life, even when you are not
home. How do you dress, how do you talk to other people and about other people,
how are you happy or sad, how do you treat to friends and enemies, how do you
laugh, read the pap-all this has a great importance for the child».
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