rape against brazilian women: characteristics of victims and sex offenders
نویسندگان
چکیده
background: violence against women is a serious social problem and affects mainly young women. this study aimed to evaluate sexual violence against women in campina grande, brazil. methods: a retrospective study with analysis of 886 forensic medical reports of sexual violence from the institute of legal medicine of campina grande, brazil, was conducted between january 2005 and december 2009. sociodemographic variables related to victims, offenders and aggressions were analyzed. significance level of 5% was adopted. results: two hundred and ninety-one cases of rape (32.8%) were confirmed, the majority of victims aged between 0 and 19 years (89.9%), were single (98.8%) and had low educational level (86.9%), with association with marital status (p = 0.02 ) . the sex offender was known to the victim in 84.2% of cases and in 93.8% of cases, he acted alone. there was an association between rape and the relationship with the offenders (p = 0.01 ) and the age of the offenders (p = 0.03 ) . the rape occurred in most cases at the home of victims (49.3%), with the use of violence in 72.3% of cases, but only 5.7% of the victims exhibited physical injuries. there was an association between rape and variables date of occurrence (p = 0.001 ), previous virginity (p = 0.001 ) and violence during practice (p = 0.001 ) . conclusion: over one third of women were victims of rape, predominantly adolescents, unmarried and with low educational level. the offenders were known to the victims, and acted alone in most situations, making use of physical violence.
منابع مشابه
Rape against Brazilian Women: Characteristics of Victims and Sex Offenders.
BACKGROUND Violence against women is a serious social problem and affects mainly young women. This study aimed to evaluate sexual violence against women in Campina Grande, Brazil. METHODS A retrospective study with analysis of 886 forensic medical reports of sexual violence from the Institute of Legal Medicine of Campina Grande, Brazil, was conducted between January 2005 and December 2009. So...
متن کاملTreatment of rape victims
by the police, and many rape offences are reduced to lesser charges through the practice of plea bargaining. Only a small minority of alleged rapists are eventually convicted and receive a custodial sentence (Gregory & Lees, 1996). The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 recognised the existence of male rape victims, for the first time, by including anal as well as vaginal penetration wi...
متن کاملThe problem of rape and supporting victims.
centres and also offer counselling services. The umbrella organisation, the Rape Crisis Federation (RCF), acts as a referral service to individual women who are seeking advice and/or support around the issues of rape or sexual assault. For further information see the editorial on pages 120–122. Victim Support. This is a national charity that helps people cope with crime. For further informati...
متن کاملOffense related characteristics and psychosexual development of juvenile sex offenders
OBJECTIVE This article reports on offense related characteristics and the psychosexual development in subgroups of juvenile sex offenders as measured by the Global Assessment Instrument for Juvenile Sex Offenders (GAIJSO). The predictive validity of these characteristics for persistent (sexual) offensive behavior in subgroups of juvenile sex offenders was investigated. METHODS One hundred sev...
متن کاملمنابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
iranian journal of public healthجلد ۴۴، شماره ۱۲، صفحات ۱۶۱۳-۱۶۱۹
کلمات کلیدی
میزبانی شده توسط پلتفرم ابری doprax.com
copyright © 2015-2023