[PEDOPHILIA AS A CAUSE OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: A MEDICAL AND LEGAL PROBLEM].

The purpose of our study is to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of pedophilia in the context of child protection from sexual abuse, as well as to substantiate the need for treatment of persons with sexual perversions as a way to prevent sexual violence against children. Despite the normative consolidation of the inadmissibility of violence against children, including sexual violence, and the current system of preventive measures, today minors are the most victimized group of people. Of particular concern is not only the physical harm caused to a child as a result of sexual violence, but also the negative effects on mental health, which further contributes to the emergence of various psychosomatic illnesses, depressed psycho-emotional state, mental health disorders, suicidal behavior. Analysis of domestic and foreign studies cited in the article shows that the number of criminal attacks on the sexual inviolability of the child is steadily increasing. Most of the victims of such crimes are young children, and the perpetrator is often a close relative or someone known to the child. The use of the digital environment and modern methods of communication by pedophiles in order to harass and coerce children into sexual intercourse contributes to the increase in the number of such crimes. The methodology of the study is based on the dialectical method of knowledge, legal and organizational foundations of preventive activity concerning crimes against sexual freedom and sexual inviolability of the child, interrelation and interdependence of domestic and international experience. The results of the study show that, in order to reduce the number of infringements on the sexual inviolability of the child, a set of legal and medical measures aimed at preventing real and potential threats, primarily at identifying and treating persons with sexual perversions, in particular pedophilia, is necessary. This is especially necessary during and after serving a sentence for relevant crimes.

[CHILD SECURITY ON THE INTERNET AS A MEDICAL LAW PROBLEM].

The purpose of our study is to assess the situation with safety of children when they use the Internet. A comprehensive analysis of the risks and dangers, the source of which is the World Wide Web, has been carried out. Researchers have used the survey method, which confirms the hypothesis that the problem of negative influence in the uncontrolled use of Internet technologies by children exists and is becoming more acute. The quantitative indicators of Internet users among schoolchildren are analyzed, types of crimes are identified, the victims of which can be children who use the Internet. An empirical study showed that one of the main goals of teenagers using Internet technologies is communication, which allows minors to be more free, and in some cases, makes it possible to be relaxed, liberated, frivolous, which leads to increased victimization. The article discusses the impact of virtual communication on the physical and mental health of children, the occurrence of Internet addiction, gaming disorders, attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, depression and other diseases. In this case, special attention is paid to the characteristics of adolescence, which must be taken into account in the future when studying the safety of children on the Web. The results of our study indicate the need to continue working in the direction of studying the dangers that lurk for children on the Internet, developing measures to prevent harm to children when they use the Network, taking into account the positive foreign experience in applying such measures.