Usually, social risk groups mean the totality of those people who are exposed to the negative influences of other people, and on their part the likelihood of committing illegal, deviant actions increases. In our country, social risk includes alcoholism, drug addiction, prostitution, homosexuality.
The objective basis of social risk can be called the antagonistic nature of social relations, structural features, character, growth of social alienation, violation of adaptive processes to society. The reason for social risk can also be called the wide spread of various kinds of deviations among the population, the conditions of social development and its prospects.
People who were not sufficiently educated or socialized in the wrong way in childhood, mentally ill people who could not fit into society normally, are also at risk. Groups of social risk are characterized by a specific way of life, which is characterized by a constantly increasing alienation from social values, interests, their narrowing and decline.
Personality degradation (criminalization) often occurs. Social damage from persons of social risk is expressed in the violation of the value-normative system of society, the growth of parasitism (when a person prefers to live on benefits rather than earn money on his own). The issue of social risk is especially relevant for young people, who, in addition to the existing instability of the psyche, are also financially insecure and dependent on their elders. Despite all this, young people strive for independence and have broad consumer needs that force them to commit illegal actions if there are no opportunities for their implementation.
Social risk cannot be avoided, but it can be significantly reduced if a competent social policy is organized, which will not only stabilize social trends, but also eliminate the most common social problems. If you invest enough funds in solving the problem of addiction, deviation, delinquency and other types of socially risky behavior, then this problem is solved quite simply. You just need to want.
