Intervention in the intrafamily sexual abuse: invasive interference or due protection?

Authors

  • Viviane Amaral dos Santos Vara da Infânia e Juventude do DF
  • Liana Fortunato Costa Universidade de Brasília
  • Ivonete Araujo Carvalho Lima Granjeiro Universidade de Brasília

Keywords:

abuso sexual intrafamiliar, justiça, ECA, direitos humanosintrafamily sexual abuse, justice, Children and Adolescents By-Laws, human rights.

Abstract

This text aims at discussing the psychological and juridical aspects present in interfamily sexual abuse. We have in mind the protection of the child or adolescent. It is based on the reality that the higher number of sexual abuses occurs within the families and is more frequently perpetrated by parents and stepfathers. We hereby present some issues in order to better understand the interface between Psychology and Law in handling this problem, aiming at the possible protection and restoration of the victims’ rights. We emphasize the occurring contradictions and conclude that the judicial intervention may be determinant for the interruption of the violation of the right to a dignified life and to a healthy sexual development of children and adolescents. We recognize that although intrafamily sexual violence occurs in a private context, it has social and public character for it attempts against basic human rights, and, therefore, requires legal intervention to reestablish and guarantee these rights.

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Author Biographies

Viviane Amaral dos Santos, Vara da Infânia e Juventude do DF

Psicóloga do Centro de Referência para Proteção Integral de Crianças e Adolescentes em Situação de Violência Sexual da Vara da Infância e da Juventude do DF Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica e Cultura/UnB

Liana Fortunato Costa, Universidade de Brasília

Psicóloga, Terapeuta Conjugal e Familiar, Psicodramatista Doutora em Psicologia Clínica pela USP Docente Permanente do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica e Cultura IP/UnB

Ivonete Araujo Carvalho Lima Granjeiro, Universidade de Brasília

Advogada Professora da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica de Brasília Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica e Cultura/UnB

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Published

2010-01-07

How to Cite

dos Santos, V. A., Costa, L. F., & Granjeiro, I. A. C. L. (2010). Intervention in the intrafamily sexual abuse: invasive interference or due protection?. Psico, 40(4). Retrieved from https://pucrs.emnuvens.com.br/revistapsico/article/view/4009

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Vol. 40 No. 4 (2009)

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