Juvenile sexual abuse : profile of the alleged victims attended at the Forensic Medical Institute in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

• Autor(a) principal: Bordoni, Leonardo Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Miranda, Tatiane, Campos, Frederico Fonseca, Marcos, Amanda Jiran Ferreira, Freitas, Clésio Renato Valadares, Silva, Armando D'Lucca de Castro e, Vasconcelos, Túlio de Paula, Parreira, André Luiz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFOP
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/6062
• topic: Sexual abuse; Child violence

To analyze comparatively the profile of the alleged victims of sexual abuse in children under 18 attended at the Forensic Medical Institute of Belo Horizonte (IML-BH), Minas Gerais, Brazil. We conducted a cross-sectional study based on the forensic reports performed in IML-BH with victims under 18 suspected of sexual abuse attended between December 2007 and March 2012. During the study period 2071 medical investigations were conducted in under 18-year-old alleged victims of sexual abuse. In total, 58.5% were children and 41.5% were teenagers, mostly females (81.6%). Concerning the alleged abusers, there was a higher prevalence of men (97.4%). The most prevalent topography found in these cases was the upper limbs in both genders. Swab was collected during search for semen e in 35.1% of cases. Of these, only those collected within 48 hours after the abuse and in vaginal and anal topography tested positive. Compared with adolescents, children are more likely to be abused. Males have a higher risk of victimization than those of female gender in relation to children age group, however, the contrary happens in the juvenile age group. eaking a cultural taboo of man in relation to care of your health.