Student youth and terrorism: perceptions, assessments, effectiveness of confrontation

UDC 316:378+343.3/.4-052

DOI 10.20339/AM.12-23.026

Sergei L. Talanov, Cand. Sci. (Sociology), Docent, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science and Sociology at Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushinsky; Head of the Yaroslavl Regional Office Russian Society of Sociologists, e-mail: talanov_sergei@mail.ru

Nikolai A. Khramkov, Assistant to the Head of Department for the observance of human rights in the penal system of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Yaroslavl Region, Lieutenant colonel of the internal service, e-mail: Khrnic@ya.ru

Filipp Yu. Kushnarev, Cand. Sci. (Politics), Associate Professor, Department of Social Policy at Yaroslavl State University named after P.G. Demidov, e-mail: kushnarevcustoms@mail.ru

Marina A. Zaitseva, Cand. Sci. (Pedagogy), Associate Professor of the Department of Social Pedagogy and Organization of work with Youth at Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University; Advisor to the Rector on Information Policy, e-mail: m.zayceva@yspu.org

Alexey V. Lymarev, Applicant of the Department of the political and social studies, Historical Faculty at Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushinsky, e-mail: avlymarev@gmail.com

The article examines students’ ideas about terrorism, its causes, the scale and possible ways to reduce the terrorist threat. The authors conducted a sociological study, a questionnaire and a series of in-depth interviews among students and security guards of Yaroslavl universities. Students were tested to determine their readiness to survive in an extreme situation. During testing, it was found that most of the students, regardless of gender and age, do not know how to properly navigate and act in extreme and emergency situations. Boys are more prepared than girls for extreme situations and psychologically ready for self-defense. It was revealed that boys know better than girls the signs of explosive standard devices. In addition, it was found that not all students, regardless of gender, age, direction of study, know the main features of improvised explosive devices. Students tend to be more vigilant in public transport and at home (on the house territory) than at the university and near the university, believing that public places (universities) are well protected from terrorism. Most of the students are not satisfied with the work of electronic entrances at universities. It is revealed that the majority of students are aware of the main methods of carrying out terrorist acts by terrorists. The majority of students believe that the level of terrorist threat in the city has increased over the past year. According to a significant part of students, war and military conflicts are the main reasons why people become members of terrorist groups; as well as the presence of illegal, banned religious or ideological sects in the country, through which terrorists recruit people into their ranks, usually from marginals.

Based on the results of the study, measures are proposed to improve the effectiveness of the fight against terrorism.

Keywords and phrases: prevention of terrorism, terrorism, types of terrorism, motives of terrorists, students, universities.

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