Kartavchenko, V.V., Chapurko, T.M. On the issue of need for the political and legal mechanisms needed to protect the children from violence and cruelty in Russia.

Abstract: In the modern Russia the problem of violence to children is a subject to much attention, especially since the children and underage persons are often subject to aggression and cruelty of the grown-up persons. Currently there’s a tendency of change in the age groups of grown-up criminals committing violence against children, they become younger, and there are more facts of violence towards smaller children. At the same time the existing criminal legislation fails to fully protect the children from such crimes. This article provides the analysis of above-mentioned problem.