Abstract
Social networks are considered an ontological attribute of the existence of a modern person. The modern ideas describe an important role of the system of social networks in socialization and adaptation of a person, motivation to the social activity, assistance and support in difficult life situations. The studies of criminals’ social networks show their significance in motivation to crime, formation of criminal ideology. Besides, it is proved that the quality of social networks impacts the prevention and suppression of crimes among teenagers and young people. However, the attitudes of young people towards the social environment and their relationship to it are still not properly studied. Understanding it will allow explaining the impact of the social environment on the criminalization and social rehabilitation of young people. Objective of the research: to study the parameters of social networks of delinquent young people including the comparison with the similar parameters of law-abiding young people. Methods. The data collection method is a questionnaire that describes the parameters of social networks, i.e. volume, stability, homogeneity, subordination, and referentiality. The method of results processing is descriptive statistics and also a non-parametric analogue of the one-way ANOVA test (Kruskal-Wallis test). The research sample was made up of 220 people of 18-27 years old, 73.5% of respondents were men; among the participants in the research, 115 people have been convicted of committing a crime, 105 people are law-abiding and do not have any criminal record. Results and novelty: New data were obtained about the specific character of social networks of delinquent young people with regard to the small volume of relations, homogeneity of participants, low refenetiality of the social environment; the perspectives of the study of the social networks in the conditions of the social regulation of interaction were determined taking into account the sex and social and cultural specific character.
Highlights
The study of the social networks of a person is understood as an analysis of the steady relations between the person and his or her social environment
The objective of the research was the study of the parameters of social networks of delinquent young people including the comparison with the similar parameters of lawabiding young people
Data collection was performed by means of a specially developed questionnaire. This questionnaire included the questions describing the characteristics of social networks: (1) volume (“What is the number of people you communicate with during a day?”); (2) stability (“How often do you make new relations and finish the old relations at the same time?”); (3) homogeneity (“Do the people you interact during a day look similar to each other?”); (4) subordination (“How many people influence you during a day?”); (5) referentiality (“The opinion of how many people from your environment is important for you?”)
Summary
The study of the social networks of a person is understood as an analysis of the steady relations between the person and his or her social environment. Social networks were studied in the context of their influence on the various aspects of personal life [1]. Evidence was obtained confirming the impact of social networks on the sense of life satisfaction [2], and the role of social networks in overcoming the life situation was shown [3]. Understanding the diverse role and power of social networks of the person in various aspects of life and activity stimulates further research in this sphere. The social networks of delinquent young people are a separate field of study formed by several research directions possessing their own methodology [4, 5]
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