Some Aspects of the Involvement of Minors in Prostitution Under the Criminal Law of China and Mongolia (Comparative Legal Analysis with Certain Norms of Russian Legislation)

Abstract

The article examines the problematic aspects of the norms of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, establishing responsibility for involving minors in prostitution, organizing prostitution, as well as other problems that commercial sex entails. The study explored certain aspects of state policy in this area and provided statistical data on these crimes in the Russian Federation. The study analyzed the reasons for the involvement of minors in prostitution. A comparative analysis of the norms of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, China and Mongolia, regulating criminal liability for these crimes, was carried out. Based on the empirical data, the authors characterized the victims of “child prostitution” and developed the classification of the perpetrators of these crimes. The article presents the results of an analysis of a survey of minors on this issue, an analysis of the judicial practice of the Russian Federation, China and Mongolia.