Features of the Forensic Characteristics of Sexually Violent Crimes Committed Against Minors

The article discusses the concept and significance of the forensic characteristics of sexually violent crimes committed against minors for a private methodology of crime investigation. Emphasis is placed on the correlation links between the elements of this forensic category, their content is revealed, with a well-founded foresight of the example of forensic and investigative practice. The author analyzes the main characteristics of the method of committing, preparing and concealing crimes, the personality of the criminal and the victim, their interrelation, the mechanism of trace formation and the features of the environment of the category of crimes under consideration is revealed. Materials and Methods: General scientific and private scientific methods were used in the study. In particular, the following methods were used: system analysis; formal legal analysis; research; and the method of comparison, which was used to identify the features of the elements of the forensic characteristics of sexually violent crimes committed against minors. The study of statistical data allowed us to identify the most characteristic features of each element of the forensic category under consideration. Literature review: the paper analyzes and compares certain provisions of scientific literature and periodicals, as well as analyzes materials from criminal cases involving sexual and violent crimes committed against minors. Results: based on the results of the conducted research, a forensic characterization of sexually violent crimes committed against minors is proposed, with an emphasis on the commission of these crimes within the family, and the specific features of the structure of the forensic characterization of this category of crimes are revealed. It is determined that, depending on the method of committing sexual violence, the necessary traces can be found, including those directly on the victim or victims of sexual violence. The traces of sexual violence at the crime scene can be expressed through objects of biological origin, as well as specific items that may indicate the perpetration of violence. Discussion and Conclusions: as a result of the study, a structure of the forensic characteristics of sexually violent crimes committed against minors was proposed, and the content of all identified elements was revealed, with a reasonable confirmation of the main conclusions using examples from forensic and investigative practice.