VICTIMOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHILD VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Abstract

The article is devoted to the children’s problem of victimhood who has become victims of human trafficking. The victimological characteristics of children have been presented, the nature of children’s victim behavior has been considered, and the reasons for the emergence of children’s victim behavior have been indicated in the article. The author noted that the manifestation of a child’s victim behavior is often due to the adults’ destructive influence because of the high threshold of children’s information perception; due to the stress and vulnerability of children under martial law; due to the impossibility of making an adequate decision by them, due to lack of experience. It was concluded that while the process of children’s upbringing, parents (official guardians), state authorities, and child affairs services should pay special attention to its victimological part.