Forensic medical characteristics of sexual crimes against children for 2022-2023

The article presents the results of study of the characteristics of sexual crimes against in 2022-2023. It has been established that sexual crimes against minors have a comparative tendency to increase (in 2022 – 97, in 2023 – 130 cases with almost the same total number of examinations conducted over these years (4118 – 4109, respectively). In the age aspect, in 2022, child’s younger 13 years of age accounted for 18.56%, persons from 13 to 18 years of age – 81,44%. In 2023, these figures were 21.5% and 78.46% respectively. By type of crime, rape in 2022 occurred in 59.79% of cases, indecent assault – 30,92%, in 2023 rape amounted to 49,2%, indecent assault – 24.6%. Sexual acts with the consent of minors themselves in 2022 – 5, 154 cases, in 2023 13.1%. In such cases, the accused were prosecuted under the article sexual acts with a person under the age of 16. A fresh rupture of the hymen in 2022 was detected in 5 cases (5,15%), in 18 cases (18,56%) the old rupture of the hymen, and in 2023 a fresh rupture occurred in 7 cases (5,38%), and in 27 cases (21.52%) an old rupture of the hymen. “Permitting” hymen in 2022 occurred in 29,9% (29), in 2023 – in 33, and 8% (44 cases)