PREVENTION AND PROPHYLACTICS OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR AMONG ADOLESCENTS: THE CONVERGENCE APPROACH IN THE EDUCATIONAL SPACE OF RUSSIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH OSSETIA

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to develop new interdisciplinary scientific knowledge about the deviant behavior of adolescents in Russia and the Republic of South Ossetia, its causes and characteristics in a convergent connection with the mechanism of legal regulation in the educational space of the two states. The effectiveness of the legal regulation of measures for the prevention of adolescent deviant behavior is contingent on the introduction of comprehensive psychological support measures for minors into the practice of state institutions and educational organizations based on a convergence approach, in which the formation of the regulatory framework for the prevention and pro-phylactics of deviant behavior in adolescents has to be based not only on fundamental and prac-tice-oriented research but also on a deep psychological and pedagogical analysis of the causes and conditions behind the emergence of deviations in the adolescent environment.