Typological characterization of child sexual abusers from court records

Objective: To characterize the typologies of child sexual abusers based on judicial files registered in a center of attention to victims of sexual abuse in Sincelejo. Method: Quantitative with a descriptive scope, as an instrument an analysis guide validated by experts was used to analyze the 112 judicial files registered between 2016-2020 in the center. Results: It was found that the sexual abuser shows a preference for the crime of sexual acts with children under 14 years of age, and for people in the age range of 10 to 14 years, likewise the place where they perpetrate the crime is at the home of the abused or abuser, the victim is known by the abuser and used strategies such as deception, blackmail and threat to commit the act of abuse. Conclusion: Child sexual abusers are generally older individuals who are not in control of their sexual behavior and manipulators who integrate into society and harm the most vulnerable in a silent way

• Autores: Pérez Barreto, Eva Sandrith; Alemán Ortega, Isaura Del Carmen; Cancio Mozo, Gabriela Irina; Bravo García, Leslie Yuliet; Herazo Chamorro, Mónica Isabel; Mendivil Hernández, Patricia María
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Corporación Universitaria del Caribe - CECAR
• Repositorio: Repositorio Digital CECAR
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cecar.edu.co:cecar/10879
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.cecar.edu.co/handle/cecar/10879
• Palabra clave: Sexual abuse; Sexual abusers; Infants; Judicial records
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Derechos Reservados. Corporación Universitaria del Caribe – CECAR