On the issue of the peculiarities of revealing the facts of physical violence against a minor and their proof: administrative and legal aspects

The relevance of the questions posed is due to a whole range of complex aspects arising in the process of identifying and proving the facts of the use of physical violence, including that which was not manifested at the physically visible level, but nevertheless harmed the physical and / or mental health of minors. In order to resolve the existing gaps in legal regulation, as well as issues arising in law enforcement practice, the author's interpretations and proposals are proposed on such problems as: the concept and signs of beatings; specifics of proof when revealing facts of inflicting beatings on a minor; individual parameters of the human body, on which the formation of visible traces on the skin depends, indicating the use of physical force, taken into account when conducting a forensic medical examination; specifics of determining the affected areas, objects that left them, and the prescription of their formation; a list of issues identified by the police officer to be resolved within the prescribed forensic medical examination.

physical violence, beatings, examination, appointment of a forensic medical examination