Abuso sexual infanto-juvenil: análise documental desses crimes, do ano de 2007 a 2010, na I Vara Especializada de Salvador (Bahia)

Abstract

Due to the high epidemiological indices and serious damage to its victims, sexual abuse against children and adolescents is a complex problem of public health which is confronting a broad medical and social challenge. Objective: To know the characteristics of sexual abuse in children and adolescents aged zero to 18 years, reconstructing the social contexts of occurrence of aggression, the nature and degree of relationship between victims and perpetrators and how the report of the forensic examination of victims contributed to the accountability of the author. Methodology: A descriptive study based on the analysis of complaints of sexual crimes against children, occurred in Salvador between 2007 and 2010. The data were entered into EPI Data program which was used to perform the statistical analyzes. In addition, a search on Pubmed and SciELO sites where the material found in the literature was used to assist and comparing the data found. Results: It was found 79 victims with a predominance of female victims (86 %) with a mean age of 9.1 years. It was found that sex offenders are generally held at the house of the offender (37 %) or common house between victim and offender (29 %), and these sexual practices occur within the family , through the father (11 %), stepfather (32%), other relatives (26%) and neighborhood of child (21%). The age of offenders ranged from 17 to 84 years, with an average age of 33 years. Conclusion: Most cases of sexual violence is committed by someone close to the victim , and the skill of the IML records mostly have no evidence to give to say whether or not there was the practice of violence.