PRIVATE-EPISTEMOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST SEXUAL INTEGRITY

The article examines the private-epistemological aspects of the formation and development of the institution of criminal responsibility for crimes against sexual integrity. Such legal monuments as the Charter of Prince Yaroslav Vladimirovich on church courts, Russian Truth, the Judicial Code of 1497, the Judicial Code of 1550, the Military Article of 1715, and the Code of Criminal and Correctional Punishments of 1845 have been analyzed. The study of their texts showed the transformation and search for effective criminal law mechanisms to counteract crimes that infringe on the sexual integrity of the individual. As historical achievements in the field taken for research, it is possible to note the validity of the implementation of age differentiation of victims in the considered legal and technical structures and the identification of special subjects of such acts.