Abstract:

The article deals with the problem of cybercrimes committed by young people and minors. The authors analyse the social portrait of juveniles committing cybercrimes, especially their personality and social status, with attention to details facilitating re-socialization. We consider the sociodemographic characteristics of minors who have committed crimes and were convicted with application of various penalties. It is concluded that there is no urgent need to reduce the age of criminal responsibility of minors. It is necessary to take into account, first of all, the psychological age, which reflects the level of development of the intellect and will, as well as the sociological age, which is responsible for the degree of socialization of the individual, and not the calendar age. Based on the analysis of court statistics and the results of the first nationwide study of the digital competence of adolescents and parents in the article it is shown that such components of digital competence as knowledge, skills, motivation and responsibility in different spheres of online activity (content, communication, technosphere, consumption) can be considered as factors that influence deviant behaviour of minors.