[The definition and interpretation of the concepts of "health" and "health hazard" and the criteria for the degree of its severity (applicable to the draft of the new Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)].

Forty-four cases with pelvic injuries in children resultant from strikes inflicted in the pubic symphysis from the front with blunt hard objects (30 experimental observations, 230 fractures, and 14 expert cases, 119 fractures) are analyzed. The results indicate that in children subjected to strikes in the pubic symphysis with blunt objects it is possible to determine the mechanogenesis of injuries, and, hence, the angle between the direction of traumatic force and pelvic plane (in the pelvic ring plane or at a 45 or 90 degrees angle to it).