THE PHENOMENON OF STREET CRIMINAL TEENAGERS AND YOUTH GANGS AS A PROBLEM OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH

This article analyzes the history and methodology of the studying the problems of street criminal teen- agers and youth gangs. We study the existing theoretical and methodological approach, separate the subject ap- proach as a possible theoretical and methodological basis of research. Under this approach we outline the range of possible indicators to diagnose the degree of subjectivity of the members of street criminal youth and teenag- ers gangs. We investigate the problem of socialization of youth, anxious moments in the crime existence, turn to statistics. We analyze the criminal gangs and identify problems. We place resocialization of teenager after his committing the crime