PhD (Pedagogy), Associate Professor, Head of Social and Educational Psychology Department, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, 104 Sovetskaya Str., 246019 Gomel, Republic of Belarus
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Natalya Novak
PhD (Psychology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Social and Educational Psychology Department, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, 104 Sovetskaya Str., 246019 Gomel, Republic of Belarus
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PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PREVENTION OF CRIMES AGAINST SEXUAL INVIOLABILITY OF MINORS
https://doi.org/10.28925/2078-1687.2019.3-4.181187

The article discusses the problem of the spread of crimes against sexual integrity of minors. The authors consider pedophilia as a disease that is defined in the form of sexual attraction to girls and boys of the pre-puberty and early puberty periods, and is accompanied by obsessive thoughts, mental suffering and distress. It is emphasized that often the pedophile is a victim of childhood violence and depraved acts. Secondary pedophilia is a great danger when sexual attraction to children occurs against the background of mental retardation, schizophrenia, a brain tumor, traumatic brain injury, etc. In childhood, it is impossible to notice a tendency to pedophilia, deviation, as a rule, begins to appear in the teenage period. Despite the importance of the question raised, an understanding of the nature of these disorders is sometimes complicated, and correction methods are not effective enough. The article notes the importance of the question of the need to change stereotypical ideas about a typical criminal (outwardly unpleasant, rude in communication, with a hostile mood), because in the case of pedophiles they are not confirmed. The article reflects the typical features of pedophile and pedosexual, the causes of the development of the disease, as well as signs by which to identify the victim of sexual harassment. The types of children falling into the hands of rapists more often than others are described: «obedient», «gullible», «abandoned», «demonstrative», «shamed». The authors summarized and systematically presented psychological recommendations for parents and adolescents on the prevention of violations of the sexual inviolability of minors. It is emphasized that the most effective means of preventing violence is to develop awareness among children of their right to personal integrity, to protect themselves from physical abuse by any means. It is important to teach the child to distinguish respect for adults from unconditional submission to all elders.
Key words: minors; pedophilia; pedosexuality; prevention; sexual inviolability.




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