Adamczyk, B.2016-09-282016-09-282016Adamczyk, B. (2016). ''Bad touch''(pedophilia)–the stolen innocence of a child. The analysis of the phenomenon and the forms of aid offered to pedophiles' victims in Poland. Вісник Житомирського державного університету імені Івана Франка, (1 (83)), 3-9.http://eprints.zu.edu.ua/21927/1/3.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2952The aim of the article is to analyze subject literature devoted to pedophilia and the forms of support offered to its victims in Poland. The article begins with the definitions of the terms: pedophilia, a pedophile and a sexually abused child. Next etiopathogenesis of pedophilia and the consequences of sexual abuse are discussed. The article ends with the presentation of three Polish institutions, whose activities aim at preventing pedophilia and supporting its victims.enpedophiliachild sexual abusepedophileethiopathogenesis of pedophiliaInternational ResourcesPolandArticle