Criminal threats against minors

The article deals with issues related to the problem of criminal threats against minors. The relevance of the problem is exposed to criminological analysis, the concept of the threat to criminological safety of minors is given, the sources of threats faced by children are determined, various scientific points of view are analyzed regarding the concept of sources of threats to criminological security. The authors believe that under the sources of threats to criminological safety of minors may be phenomena that in one way or another are related to crime and create the danger of criminalization and (or) victimization of minors. Data of the author's research concerning the influence of certain sources of threats on minors are given. The authors believe that it is expedient to implement criminological safety of minors on an integrated basis with the coordinated efforts of all prevention subjects.