Art. 134 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to protect the sexual inviolability of children and adolescents

Modern society has a lot of shortcomings. In addition to disobeying the law, which manifests itself as theft, physical injury, and bodily harm (sometimes even fatal), there are also sexual acts with persons who have not yet reached puberty. This, as a rule, causes a special negative in people. After all, as a victim, a child is chosen. And all teenagers have the right to sexual inviolability. For this type of crime, there is a separate point of a special document that regulates penalties.

Art. 134 of the Criminal Code describes measures that can be applied to a person who has committed any sexual acts against a teenager (under 14). However, they must necessarily be non-violent. Otherwise, completely different articles will already take place, which provide for a much more severe punishment (131 and 132).

Art. 134 of the Criminal Code is a kind of analogue art. 119. However, as the commentary interprets, the first version contains a lot of details that make it possible to more clearly define the nature of the crime committed by the suspect. For example, Article 134 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation considers not only a one-time fact of sexual intercourse, but also a long-term regular cohabitation with a teenager. Since as an accused (subject) in this case an adult citizen is considered, the Code certainly determines all his actions to be fully realized and controlled. Consequently, the punishment will be more stringent. Appeal to review the court decision in this case, no one prohibits, but not the fact that it will be considered. The standard sentence in the case of full evidence of the suspect's guilt lies in the framework of 3-4 years imprisonment.

Article 134 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation describes the injured party as a female or male person who has not yet reached sexual maturity (16 years). However, some parts contain information about sexual, as well as perverted, actions that were committed against children aged 12-14. In this case, the criminal penalty can be significantly tightened. Sometimes the judge voices the term of up to 10 years of restriction of freedom. In addition, a person found guilty of this crime is deprived of the right to hold certain positions. In particular, this applies to all professions related to contacts with children and young people (medical staff, teachers, educators, and so on).

It is also worth noting that Art. 134 of the Criminal Code calls the age of the injured party the defining moment of the crime, and not the fact of physical readiness for sexual intercourse. After all, some children due to early development become sexually active much earlier than most of their peers. Consequently, the law is obliged to secure them so that the guilty person can not justify his illegal and immoral actions by the willingness of the victim to have sexual intercourse. It is believed that children under sixteen years old are not in a position to make such decisions on their own, even if it is a matter of non-violence.

Modern society is full of various vices, and sometimes only the law can restore justice. One of the "assistants" of the injured party, to which she can always rely, is art. 134 of the Criminal Code. No action of a sexual or perverted character, directed by an adult to an adolescent, should not go unpunished. Even if the perpetrator is motivated in court by the fact of the victim's consent to sexual intercourse, appropriate measures will be applied to him anyway.