The article presents an analysis of criminological studies aimed at understanding of the emergence, development and evolvement of an individual with deviant behavior, his/her way of getting adapted and adjusted to social contradictions and destructive processes which are underway and which occurred in Ukraine. This will allow not only for an unbiased assessment of this process, but also for a significant impact on it, with involvement of the general public and of all the stakeholders in the study of this issue.

The article focuses on a criminological analysis of the legal nature of an individual’s deviant behavior in the context of its psychophysiological and socio-legal component, and also aims at determining the specific arrangement of such an individual by making a generalization of scientific studies of criminological, social, and psychological nature.

The distinguishing and specific features of persons with deviant behavior stem from the qualitative characteristics of a deviant personality: activity motives, social roles, psychophysiological characteristics, biochemical qualities, nervous activity types, ideals, appearance, outlook, self-awareness, value orientations, and intelligence.

In the conclusion, the authors maintain that an important stage in the forming of the approaches to prevent an individual’s deviant behavior is the activity of the State and its social institutions which should be directed towards creating an environment which is favorable for an individual and ensures decent development and protection of his/her rights in compliance with the principles of democracy, equality, social justice, with due regard for the fundamental moral principles and traditional values of Ukrainian society.

 It is concluded that a person with deviant behavior should be comprehended in the interdisciplinary context. The authors provide the definition of a person with deviant behavior – it is an integral wholeness which comprises all levels of mental organization, a special form of an individual’s existence in society according to which he/she acts autonomously but is affected by infinite internal and external changes through which this person can commit certain criminal actions controlled or uncontrolled by him/her.

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Edited and translated books

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Dissertations

19. Tarotenko O, ‘Formirovanie jemocional’no-volevyh svojstv detej mladshih klassov, sposobstvujushhih prinjatiju social’no-priemlemogo povedenija’ [‘Forming of Emotional and Volitional Features in Primary School Children Which Contribute to Assimilation of Socially Acceptable Behavior’] (dis kand psihol nauk, Izd-vo KGTU 2002) (in Russian).

Websites

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