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Characteristics of sexual violence against adolescent girls and adult women

BACKGROUND: Sexual violence is considered a serious violation of human rights which affects mainly young women and adolescents. There is little information about the conditions under which sexual offences occur. We evaluated characteristics of sexual violence against adolescent girls and adult women...

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Autores principales: Blake, Márcia de Toledo, Drezett, Jefferson, Vertamatti, Maria Auxiliadora, Adami, Fernando, Valenti, Vitor E, Paiva, Adriana Costa, Viana, Joseval Martins, Pedroso, Daniela, de Abreu, Luiz Carlos
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3910688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24450307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-14-15
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author Blake, Márcia de Toledo
Drezett, Jefferson
Vertamatti, Maria Auxiliadora
Adami, Fernando
Valenti, Vitor E
Paiva, Adriana Costa
Viana, Joseval Martins
Pedroso, Daniela
de Abreu, Luiz Carlos
author_facet Blake, Márcia de Toledo
Drezett, Jefferson
Vertamatti, Maria Auxiliadora
Adami, Fernando
Valenti, Vitor E
Paiva, Adriana Costa
Viana, Joseval Martins
Pedroso, Daniela
de Abreu, Luiz Carlos
author_sort Blake, Márcia de Toledo
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description BACKGROUND: Sexual violence is considered a serious violation of human rights which affects mainly young women and adolescents. There is little information about the conditions under which sexual offences occur. We evaluated characteristics of sexual violence against adolescent girls and adult women. METHOD: This is a quantitative, retrospective, descriptive study of sexual violence against adolescent girls and adult women. Analyses were carried out on data collected from 1118 women, 546 adolescents (10-19 years) and 572 adults (≥ 20 years), with a complaint of rape treated at Hospital Pérola Byington, São Paulo, between 1994 and 1999. The age limit of the adolescent sample met the World Health Organization’s (WHO) criteria. We analyzed the type of sexual contact, degree of intimidation, perpetrator and activity of the victim during the approach. RESULTS: Crimes without penetration were five times more frequent in adolescents and use of threats of death or intimidation was common in both groups. Mental illness was more prevalent in adult victims and the majority of adolescent victims were aged <14 years. Uncle and stepfather perpetrators were more frequent among adolescents and partners or former intimate partners in adult women. In most cases the approach occurred in public places, although sex crimes at the perpetrator’s residence were more frequent amongst adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Although children and adolescents require the same intervention measures and legal protection, a considerable proportion of adolescent sex offenders can face conditions similar to those of adult women.
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spelling pubmed-39106882014-02-04 Characteristics of sexual violence against adolescent girls and adult women Blake, Márcia de Toledo Drezett, Jefferson Vertamatti, Maria Auxiliadora Adami, Fernando Valenti, Vitor E Paiva, Adriana Costa Viana, Joseval Martins Pedroso, Daniela de Abreu, Luiz Carlos BMC Womens Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Sexual violence is considered a serious violation of human rights which affects mainly young women and adolescents. There is little information about the conditions under which sexual offences occur. We evaluated characteristics of sexual violence against adolescent girls and adult women. METHOD: This is a quantitative, retrospective, descriptive study of sexual violence against adolescent girls and adult women. Analyses were carried out on data collected from 1118 women, 546 adolescents (10-19 years) and 572 adults (≥ 20 years), with a complaint of rape treated at Hospital Pérola Byington, São Paulo, between 1994 and 1999. The age limit of the adolescent sample met the World Health Organization’s (WHO) criteria. We analyzed the type of sexual contact, degree of intimidation, perpetrator and activity of the victim during the approach. RESULTS: Crimes without penetration were five times more frequent in adolescents and use of threats of death or intimidation was common in both groups. Mental illness was more prevalent in adult victims and the majority of adolescent victims were aged <14 years. Uncle and stepfather perpetrators were more frequent among adolescents and partners or former intimate partners in adult women. In most cases the approach occurred in public places, although sex crimes at the perpetrator’s residence were more frequent amongst adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Although children and adolescents require the same intervention measures and legal protection, a considerable proportion of adolescent sex offenders can face conditions similar to those of adult women. BioMed Central 2014-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3910688/ /pubmed/24450307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-14-15 Text en Copyright © 2014 Blake et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Drezett, Jefferson
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Adami, Fernando
Valenti, Vitor E
Paiva, Adriana Costa
Viana, Joseval Martins
Pedroso, Daniela
de Abreu, Luiz Carlos
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3910688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24450307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-14-15
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