SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN BETWEEN CRIMINALITY AND THE NATION'S MORAL DEGRADATION IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Abstract

Lately, we often hear news about various kinds of criminal cases of sexual crimes, especially children who are the victims whose quantity is increasing. There are several categories of violence against children, including violence in the family, educational institutions and pornography as well as cybercrime. The perpetrators of the crime of sexual violence are unmitigated are the closest people to children such as parents, family, friends, and even teachers who incidentally are confidants of the child. child. The depraved attitude of the perpetrators is a threat to the state, especially in today's sophisticated era, especially in the all-digital era, the ease of internet access touched by perpetrators such as negative content makes the perpetrator violate the law and morals as a civilized human being so that he vents it in the form of violent crime. sexual intercourse with children. The purpose of this study is to find out how the development of sexual crimes against children in the current digital transformation era and how the correlation between law and morals in criminal cases in the digital transformation era. This study uses empirical normative legal research methods. By using a literature review or document study. The results of this study are that the crime rate of sexual crimes against children is at the highest peak based on data from the PPA Symphony (Online Information System for the Protection of Women and Children) with the age of the victims between 13-17 years. This high number is proof that the nation's morale is not doing well, especially in the era of digital transformation. Instilling ethical values in using digital (digital ethics) and inculcating divinity can step in handling sexual crimes against children.Keywords: Moral Degradation, Sexual Crime Against Children, Digital Transformation