Journal of Criminology and Criminal Law No. 2/2022

ENCOURAGING SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS THROUGH COMPUTER DEVICES

Dragan Jovašević

Faculty of law, University of Niš

Received: 27 April 2022

Accepted: 13 May 2022

UDK: 343.541/.546-053.2/.6(4)

Pages: 133-147

doi: https://doi.org/10.47152/rkkp.60.2.6

Sexual abuse of children and minors is an old crime that has been known since ancient times, both in the world and in our country. In modern criminal law, these sexual crimes acquire new forms of manifestation, especially if they are committed with the use of computer devices or systems. Thus, these criminal acts gain in importance due to the danger and severity of the consequences caused, i.e., a higher degree of guilt of their perpetrators. Legal protection of sexual freedom of minors from the abuse of computer information technology today occupies a prominent place in both international and national criminal law of the region. The paper analyzes the specific criminal offense of inciting minors to sexual exploitation through computer information technology in European documents, the law of Serbia and the law of the countries of the region.

KEY WORDS: juvenile, sexual abuse, computer devices, incitement, crime

Full Article in PDF

Top