Actual Problems of Adaptation to a Peaceful Life of Persons Who Have Made a Decision to Stop Extremist Activities

The purpose of this study was to study the problems of adaptation to the peaceful life of persons who decided to stop extremist activities. Today, extremism has grown to a planetary scale and acts as a negative social phenomenon, is a constant companion of every developed state. Its consequences are manifested in political instability, which entails the growth of this phenomenon. It should also be noted that extremism encroaches on State, public and personal security and is aimed at intentionally inflicting as much moral, physical, economic and political damage to public and State security as possible. The tasks of the study are to analyze the causes of the phenomenon favorable to the spread of this phenomenon. A globalized society, having gained access to the global information space in which an unusually large amount of information resource of extremist content is created, transmitted and stored today, which can cause irreparable damage to state and public security, is threatened with the violent planting of extremist ideology and recruitment into the ranks of extremists. And significantly, for users of global space, this fact does not cause rejection. However, among the adherents of extremist ideology there are many who have decided to stop extremist activities and are ready to adapt to peaceful life. However, the lack of the necessary socio-psychological rehabilitation inevitably leads the former followers of extremist ideology to serious consequences: they are more influenced by actors who incite ethnic and social conflicts, as well as terrorist organizations. Therefore, returning to the usual state of war for former extremists is easier than adapting to a peaceful life. Conclusions: we found that the main problems of adaptation in most cases are related to the material side of life, including lack of earnings, pensions, lack of housing or unsatisfactory housing conditions, etc. And all this is just the tip of the iceberg. Former extremists must return to society, which causes the greatest fear and difficulty.

extremism, opposition, threat, adaptation, global information space