Kikalishvili M.V. Delinquent behavior: the concept, characteristics and determinants

Delinquent behavior is a form of deviant behavior. The term "delinkvent" comes from the Latin delinquens - «offense fault».
The term "delinquent behavior" arose of the 50 - 60s of XX century. Foreign literature firmly established in the scientific language of criminologists, psychologists, sociologists, physicians in the study of adolescents predisposed to commit offenses. This behavior defined as socially negative, associated with the violation of legal and other (moral, ethical) standards.
Deviant behavior is divided into two categories: 1) behavior that deviates from the norms of mental health, requires overt or covert psychopathology; 2) antisocial behavior that violates any social, cultural, moral and ethical standards, especially the right; behavior that is frowned upon by society and the public. When such acts relatively minor offenses referred to, and when they are serious and are punishable under criminal law - crimes. 
Thus, any behavior that is frowned upon by public opinion, called deviant, and behavior that is frowned upon even by law - delinquent. However disapproval does not necessarily mean the offensive penalty. The possibility of criminal punishment carries the line between criminal and delinquent behavior.
Thus, depending on the determination of behavior has several major groups of delinquent personalities: situational offenders (mostly illegal actions which provoked the situation); subcultural delinquent (offender who identifies with group antysotsicial values); neurotic offender (antisocial actions which are the result of intrapsychological conflict and anxiety); Organic offender (performs illegal actions as a result of brain damage from a predominance of impulsivity, intellectual underdevelopment and affectivity); psychotic offender (because of delinquencies has severe mental disorders - psychosis, dizziness); antisocial personality (which caused anti-social actions of a specific combination of personality traits, hostility, lack of development of higher feelings, inability to proximity).
Thus, the motivation of rules or abuse can be very diverse. Individual motives that incite illegal actions can be: the desire to immediately have fun, the desire to assert itself, the desire for comfort or high social status, oppositional behavior (internal desire to violate the ban), behaviors (experience from the criminal environment), aggression and sadistic inclinations, need to feel belonging to a group and receive its approval, boredom, the desire to take risks and thrills, frustration, the need for protection of involuntary altruism (offenses for others or high end).
The problem of anti-social behavior is not just as an abstract social phenomenon. Everyday life confronts each of us a difficult task: to resist the impact of the crime situation, to avoid fear, protect yourself and your family, law-abiding educate the children, to help people (who are on the way to breaking the law) back into society. The problem requires a huge effort by the state and its citizens. At the same time solve the problem of crime is closely linked to a serious scientific understanding of deviant behavior.
Keywords: delinquent, delinquent behavior, offense, legal norms,   illegal behavior, antisocial behavior.