Social Work Practices with Deviant Behavior Youth

Abstract

A social worker deals with a variety of people according to the content of his or her work, including people whose behavior does not conform to social norms.  In addition, many social services focus on the work of “social risk groups”: the homeless, people suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction.  Social work with people whose behavior is described as deviant (deviant) has its own characteristics and requires certain knowledge in the field of sociology, medicine, psychology. In this article highlights of the social work practice with deviant behaviour youth.