Documentary Analysis of Cases of Sexual Violence Against Boys Reported in Porto Alegre

Abstract

Abstract:There are few studies regarding sexual violence (SV) against boys in Brazil. Considering this fact, the present study aimed to investigate cases reported in the General Coordination of Health Surveillance of Porto Alegre (POA GVCS) between 2009 and 2011. A total of 239 notification forms were analyzed according to: characteristics of the victim (i.e., age, race, education level, presence of disability, SV consequences); of the SV (i.e., occurrence year, notification year, notifying establishment, context, place of occurrence, type, occurrence of penetration, number of episodes, others forms of violence, number of perpetrators, final classification -whether confirmed or not -and referrals); and of the abusers (i.e., gender, relationship to the victim, use of alcohol/drugs). There was predominance of white boys between seven and 12 years of age, victims of intrafamilial SV of two or more episodes perpetrated by male perpetrators. These results can be used in planning preventive and therapeutic interventions specific to boys who are victims of SV.

Biopsychosocial Characteristics of Accused Child Sex Offenders in the Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Contexts

“…Various studies (Hohendorff et al, 2014;Pincolini et al, 2012;Silva et al, 2013) display results similar to those obtained in the present study, with respect to the incidence of sexual assaults. Along these lines, we observed that, in both the intrafamilial and extrafamilial contexts, such assaults purportedly occurred chiefl y at private locations, especially the homes of the victims or of the accused offenders (or of both, when they lived together).…”

“…A feasible alternative with respect to surveys of prison populations is documentary research, which permits collecting sex offender data from criminal prosecutions, police investigations and public health reports, among others. Documentary research conducted in Brazil deals mainly with the sociodemographic characteristics of the victims and perpetrators of sexual violence (Hohendorff, Costa, Habigzang, & Koller, 2014;Pincolini et al, 2012;Silva, Brito, Araújo, & Abath, 2013).…”

“…As an example of this type of research, we cite a descriptive documental study that was conducted by Hohendorff et al (2014), concerning forms of sexual violence committed against boys. Between 2009 and 2011, 239 reports of sexual violence fi led with the Coordenadoria Geral de Vigilância em Saúde (Health Inspector General's Offi ce) were analyzed; the results revealed that this type of violence was more common in the intrafamilial context (57.9%) than in the extrafamilial context (41.3%).…”

Adolescência, situação de rua e exploração sexual: um estudo de caso

“…Com destaque às questões de gênero, é importante sublinhar a ocorrência da vio lência sexual e da exploração de crianças e adolescentes do sexo masculino, sobretudo no que tange às diversidades sexuais (por exemplo, meninos gays, travestis e transe xuais). A maioria das pesquisas sobre violência sexual apresenta uma menor incidên cia desta entre os meninos (Hohendorff, Habigzang, & Koller, 2012;Hohendorff, Habigzang, Costa, & Koller, 2014), fato que pode contribuir para a invisibilidade dessa população e a errônea percepção de que meninos não estão submetidos às situações de violência sexual. A lacuna na literatura é ainda maior no tocante à exploração se xual de meninos, uma vez que os estudos tendem a descrever o maior envolvimento na Esca por parte das meninas (por exemplo, Alberto et al, 2014;CerqueiraSantos, 2009).…”

“…A lacuna na literatura é ainda maior no tocante à exploração se xual de meninos, uma vez que os estudos tendem a descrever o maior envolvimento na Esca por parte das meninas (por exemplo, Alberto et al, 2014;CerqueiraSantos, 2009). Essa realidade, por sua vez, contribui para a escassez de informações (psíquicas, sociais e familiares) da exploração sexual em relação às diferenças de gênero (Almeida, Penso, & Costa, 2009;Hohendorff et al, 2012Hohendorff et al, , 2014.…”