Boy sexual victimization: Characteristics of family configuration and of the offender

Autor: Maria Aparecida Penso, Maria Inês Gandolfo Conceição, Liana Fortunato Costa, Amanda Pinheiro Said, Lúcia Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Williams
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
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Zdroj: Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1806-3446
DOI: 10.1590/0102.3772e35428
Popis: Abstract The study aims to identify the family profile of boys who were victims of sexual abuse and of their offenders. Intake documents from a health facility in the capital of Brazil, consisting of 35 cases from that institution over a period of 13 years were analyzed. Analysis of quantitative data with descriptive statistics for the following categories involved: age of family members; relatives living in the same household; education and occupation of family members; who did the victim reside with; victim’s main caretaker; gender and relationship of victim and offender. The families were economically deprived with low educational background, and in lack of community institutional support. As a result, they took protection initiatives by themselves, delegating childcare to immediate or extended relatives, a strategy which increased vulnerability.
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