THE STRUCTURE OF THE PERSON OF THE VICTIM CHILD AS AN ELEMENT OF CRIMINAL CHARACTERISTICS IN CRIMES AGAINST SEXUAL FREEDOM AND SEXUAL INVIOLABILITY

Abstract

The article is a contribution to solving an urgent scientific problem, solving a practical problem – highlighting the main structural features of the victim of crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity, as the victim is a source of information about the crime and the identity of the offender, concerning his way of life, socio-demographic and personal characteristics, which allow to put forward versions of the motives of the crime and the identity of the offender. It is determined that the structure of the element “identity of the victim” will include: information of a personal nature (gender, age, marital status); victimhood and character traits; peculiarities of behavior – before the criminal event, at the time of the crime, after its commission. It is concluded that in the general array of crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity, women predominate. However, the preference for sex also depends on the nature of the actions taken. The analysis revealed the dependence of the type and manner of actions on the age of the victim: the older the child, the more the crime is characterized by the presence of physical contact and penetration into the body of the victim. Conversely, the younger the child, the crime is committed in most cases without the presence of physical contact between the victim and penetration into the body of the victim, aimed in most non-intellectual depravity of the child. It has been established that in most cases the victims of crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity are children from substantively and structurally disadvantaged families, in a third of cases such crimes were committed by close relatives. It is determined that the victimhood of children is always increased, in most cases the crime against sexual freedom and sexual integrity of children was committed by a person with whom the victim is acquainted.