PERCEPTION OF VANDALISM BY RUSSIAN URBAN YOUTH
This paper is devoted to the problem of vandalism of Russian urban youth. Using the analysis of contemporary scientific literature, the author makes a conclusion, that modern social science tends to see youth vandalism as a kind of deviant or even criminal behavior and does not try to analyze it’s definitions in youth opinion. And very important question about basic understanding of vandalism by representatives of youth often remains not clear. Using the data of his own research, the author describes basic interpretations of this phenomenon popular among contemporary representatives of Russian urban youth.