TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN UKRAINE

Torture and ill-treatment of children in Ukraineity, however only individuals who had certain features when entering the systemdeform in specifically this fashion in the direction of developing brutality.This same group of factors includes the expectation that minors are naпveand socially unprotected. They don’t just put pressure on those whom theysuspect of committing a crime, but also on those from whom it’s easy to receivethe necessary testimony.3) We didn’t initially consider the hypothesis that a widespread causeof ill-treatment is corruption, specifically the intention of officials to extractmoney fro refraining from physical force in a certain situation, terminating thecriminal case, etc. However corruption was mentioned both by the expertswho have carried out the relevant studies, and people released from placesof confinement at a level which is clearly higher than the statistical marginof error. So such a cause for violence does exist and in order to prevent this itneeds to be studied further.4) The wish to assert oneself at the expense of others’ humiliation,demonstrating ones own superiority, are probably widespread causes forviolence. It is reasonably equivocal when self-assertion and demonstrationsof superiority are the main purpose of acts of violence, and when they area tool for extracting a confession. In the first instance (domination as theobjective),this should be viewed as over-compensation for an inferioritycomplex. In the second — as something not in line with legislation, but atleast rational, pragmatically justified behaviour. An extremely negative attitudeto those under investigation or convicted, as well as consistent dehumanization,are among the factors related to professional deformation ofthe personality. It also indicates that the officials at very least have psychologicalproblems.The impact of violence on minors has resulted in health problems of varyingdegrees of severity.Stopping unlawful behaviour through the use of force may in some casesbe justified, however force used with respect to minors is not able to changethe causes of this behaviour. Moving into medical terminology, this is treatingthe symptom, but not the cause of the illness.Lengthy, systematic humiliation can lead to the weakening of the person’sEgo construct and subsequence erosion of the basis structures of the individual.As a typical consequence of a psychological nature already examined, wecan name the development of post-traumatic syndrome. Other hypothetical166