Children, Youth and Family in the Face of Civilizational Challenges. Editor's Introduction

The presented publication contains articles that address the issues of social functioning of minors who have experienced acts of violence and aggression in their short life, but also delivered it themselves. The dispute concerns those who fell victims to crime but also pursued criminal activity themselves. Analytical and empirical studies conducted in the field of social sciences dedicated to minor victims of and criminals, focused on determining factors and circumstances that contribute to the breaking of rules of law are highly important both from the perspective of prophylaxis and social rehabilitation.