Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports
Child and adolescent sexual abuse (CSA) is an important global health problem, especially in non-Western low- and middle-income countries. A number of studies have indicated that, in Latin American countries, male CSA is phenomenon of great concern. However, research on this topic is seriously lacki...
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| author | Escalante Barrios, Elsa Lucia Fàbregues, Sergi Meneses, Julio García Vita, María del Mar Jabba, Daladier Ricardo Barreto, Carmen Ferreira Pérez, Sandra Patricia |
| author_facet | Escalante Barrios, Elsa Lucia Fàbregues, Sergi Meneses, Julio García Vita, María del Mar Jabba, Daladier Ricardo Barreto, Carmen Ferreira Pérez, Sandra Patricia |
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| description | Child and adolescent sexual abuse (CSA) is an important global health problem, especially in non-Western low- and middle-income countries. A number of studies have indicated that, in Latin American countries, male CSA is phenomenon of great concern. However, research on this topic is seriously lacking, and more specifically, on male-on-male CSA. We carried out a qualitative and quantitative secondary analysis of 680 cases of alleged male-on-male CSA that occurred between the years 2017 and 2018 in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. We analyzed the contents of forensic interviews with the alleged victims, conducted by professionals working at the Colombian Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. Our findings indicated a high prevalence of cases of alleged male-on-male CSA among young minors. Most of these cases were allegedly perpetrated by offenders known to the victim and involved high levels of violence. Evidence-based and culturally grounded preventative actions, such as training-based programs for teachers and parents among other public health initiatives are needed to address this type of CSA. Further research is also required to gain a more fine-grained understanding of the cultural and social context of CSA in the Caribbean Latin American countries |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-87892023-04-12T19:13:04Z Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports Escalante Barrios, Elsa Lucia Fàbregues, Sergi Meneses, Julio García Vita, María del Mar Jabba, Daladier Ricardo Barreto, Carmen Ferreira Pérez, Sandra Patricia child sexual abuse sexual assault male victim male-on-male adolescents children Colombia Child and adolescent sexual abuse (CSA) is an important global health problem, especially in non-Western low- and middle-income countries. A number of studies have indicated that, in Latin American countries, male CSA is phenomenon of great concern. However, research on this topic is seriously lacking, and more specifically, on male-on-male CSA. We carried out a qualitative and quantitative secondary analysis of 680 cases of alleged male-on-male CSA that occurred between the years 2017 and 2018 in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. We analyzed the contents of forensic interviews with the alleged victims, conducted by professionals working at the Colombian Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. Our findings indicated a high prevalence of cases of alleged male-on-male CSA among young minors. Most of these cases were allegedly perpetrated by offenders known to the victim and involved high levels of violence. Evidence-based and culturally grounded preventative actions, such as training-based programs for teachers and parents among other public health initiatives are needed to address this type of CSA. Further research is also required to gain a more fine-grained understanding of the cultural and social context of CSA in the Caribbean Latin American countries 2020-11-09T09:40:12Z 2020-11-09T09:40:12Z 2020-11-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8789 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/21/8248 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | child sexual abuse sexual assault male victim male-on-male adolescents children Colombia Escalante Barrios, Elsa Lucia Fàbregues, Sergi Meneses, Julio García Vita, María del Mar Jabba, Daladier Ricardo Barreto, Carmen Ferreira Pérez, Sandra Patricia Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports |
| title | Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports |
| title_full | Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports |
| title_fullStr | Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports |
| title_short | Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports |
| title_sort | male-on-male child and adolescent sexual abuse in the caribbean region of colombia: a secondary analysis of medico-legal reports |
| topic | child sexual abuse sexual assault male victim male-on-male adolescents children Colombia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8789 |
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