ACTUAL POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF CADETS OF THE DEPARTMENT INSTITUTE IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR VALUE ORIENTATIONS (EXPERIENCE OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH)

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to identify key features of the current political consciousness of future officers of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FPS). The subject of the authors' research is the political orientation of cadet youth. It is known that young people are more dynamic and open to all kinds of innovations. At the same time, the young generation as an object of state youth policy is at the initial stage of entering the system of public relations. Political consciousness arises in the process of perception, comprehension and evaluation of the phenomena of political life. Its most important elements are political attitudes. The empirical base of the article is an array of sociological data obtained as a result of a survey of cadets aged 18- 22. Research methodology: the study used the main array method, that is, more than 70% of cadets of the Voronezh Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service were the respondents. The study revealed a high level of institutional trust in law enforcement agencies, the President and the courts. Adherence to the Internet leads to a drop in the rating of all other information resources, primarily television as sources of political information. A new mental quality of cadets is fixed - a combination of the demand for social justice on the part of the state and the guarantee of the rights and freedoms of citizens.