The topical problem of deviant behavior in the teen milieu is raised in the article. For this purpose, specific features of value orientations and social attitudes in normative and deviant teenagers are studied in the article. Empirical research was conducted with the use of psychological tests of values, the semantic differential and proneness to deviant behavior, and the results' processing and interpretation is carried out on the basis of a comparative analysis with application of the statistical criterion. Based on the data obtained the conclusions have been drawn about the specific features of value orientations and social attitudes in normative and deviant teenagers that are expressed in deviant teenagers' striving for the thrills and determine the manifestation of deviations in their behavior.
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