Involvement of minors in the commission of a crime or the other social activities on the internet: main threats and risk groups

The article considers the main Internet threats of involving minors in the commissionof illegal acts as determinants of such a negative phenomenon. The article describes the riskgroups of adolescents, who, in our opinion, are the most vulnerable and prone to involvement innetworks. Based on the conducted research, the directions of preventive work are formulated inorder to reduce the level of involvement of minors in illegal activities on the Internet, as well asminimize the consequences of this involvement in view of the successful implementation of Internetthreats from the perpetrator.