Psychological aspects of ensuring the minors’ sexual integrity in the Republic of Belarus

Abstract

The article discusses the psychological aspects of ensuring the sexual integrity of minors; the relevance of the research is confirmed by statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus. The author clarified the terms “pedophilic disorder”, “pedophile”, “pedosexual”, analyzed the nature of pedophilism and pedosexuality from the point of view of system-vector psychology. The article notes the importance of the issue of preventing crimes against sexual integrity of the individual and organizing interdepartmental interaction between specialists in the fields of education, healthcare, and internal affairs to prevent this type of crime. The article presents the results of a research of junior schoolchildren’s ideas about a potential criminal and practical experience through the “Safe Childhood” project. Keywords: sexual integrity, minors, crime prevention, pedophile, pedosexual, pedophilism, pedosexualism, “Safe Childhood” project, Republic of Belarus.