Postmodern deviantology: problems and prospects

Although the sociology of deviance and social control has been actively developing abroad and in our country since the 1960–1970s, it lacks an understanding of current trends in the context of long-term changes in modern society. The author gives an overview of the consequences of the influencing main features of postmodern society (social inequality, mass migration, social fragmentation of society and, especially, the virtualization of life) on various manifestations of deviance – crime, drug addiction, prostitution, suicide, etc. Proposals are made for the further development of Russian deviantology as sociology of deviance and social control.