Topical Issues of Countering Juvenile Terrorism in the Russian Federation

The study of the emergence of juvenile terrorism, as well as ways to counter it at the present stage, is an urgent measure to prevent "young" crime. It has been established that the Internet has been increasingly radicalized in recent years, a large number of teenagers and young people are involved in this ideology, and the lack of complex planning in the implementation of terrorist attacks allows almost everyone to take part in them. The objective of this study is to analyze teenage terrorism, which is characterized by a fundamentally new structure and approach. If in the recent past terrorists could be tracked in the network by belonging to a specific terrorist cell that gives orders for action, and subsequently identify various elements of the same chain, then modern terrorists act as "lone wolves" who do not obey anyone's orders and do not belong to any or a terrorist organization or group. An aggravating circumstance is that the random factors of terrorist actions are, on the one hand, statistically predictable, and on the other, individually unpredictable, and thus, “stochastic terrorism” is evident. In practice, the following happens: the activities of “lone wolves” who commit illegal acts with the aim of deliberately inciting violence of one factor are widely publicized, that is why this category of criminals has a sense of confidence in their actions. It has been established that prevention remains the main aspect of countering the terrorist threat. As the main principles of building anti-terrorist preventive work, it should be noted the expediency and targeting of measures, the performers of which are charged with the obligation to ensure their targeted implementation in the context of the implementation of the prevention of the involvement of a teenage audience in terrorist organizations. The fight against juvenile terrorism requires the same attention as with other forms and varieties of its manifestation. In this situation, it is necessary to put at the forefront the fact that the factors of such crimes are a psychologically vulnerable socio-demographic group, the future of the country - teenagers.

juvenile terrorism, radicalism, social networks, violent actions, prevention, counteraction