EXTREMIST ORIENTATION OF A PERSON IN LEGAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE

Abstract

The article raises the problem of extremism, which is considered through the prism of distortion of legal consciousness of youth, distortion of meaning of life and the formation of negative identity. Experience of research of extremist orientation and self-identity of convicts for extremist activity with selection types «Wrestler», «Defender», «Victim», «Seeker». The interrelation of the selected types of extremist orientation of convicts for extremism and their role in the crime («Organizer», «Accomplice», «Executor») is analyzed. Identified features of the identity of convicts for extremism, which, in fact, reflect the dynamics of their legal consciousness in the context of serving a sentence, allowed to identify programs for psychoprophylaxis and psychocorrection of extremist orientation of the individual in all its aspects (legal, social, pedagogical and psychological).