Characterization of Sexual Abuse in Women from Tunas Province,Years 2015 –2016

Abstract

To characterize sexual abuse in females of Las Tunas province, a prospective longitudinal descriptive study was carried out in the Department of Legal Medicine of the Provincial General Hospital "Dr. Ernesto Guevara", in the province of Las Tunas, Cuba, from January 2015 to December 2016. The universe was constituted by all cases of sexual crimes examined by this cause in the province, taking as sample 192 females who met the inclusion criteria. The study was aimed at determining the most affected age groups, the numerical participation of victims and victimizers, identifying the interpersonal relationship of the victims with the accused of the crime, typifying the sexual crime, as well as the most frequent month, hour and place of the occurrence of the facts. The ages between 12 and 17 years were most affected, criminalizing the offenses of lascivious abuse by an acquaintance, relative or neighbor, prevailing cases in Las Tunas municipality, in the vicinity of the accused and in August, mainly during daytime, participating a victim and an aggressor. It is concluded that the most affected age group could be given by being in the stage of physical development, but their intellectual development is still incomplete so it is easier to intimidate them; that sexual aggressors come mostly from adults belonging to the interpersonal environment of the child or close to her; that there is an excess of confidence, carelessness or negligence in the selection of partners or friendships and the non-control of the girls outside home while they play.