A VIOLÊNCIA SEXUAL CONTRA CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES NO CENÁRIO DA PANDEMIA DO COVID-19 NO BRASIL

Abstract

Sexual abuse against children and teenagers is a serious sociopolitical problem with harmful implications for the victim's development, in addition to being an evident problem in a rule of law state like Brazil. The context of sexual violence is frequent and increasingly from 2015 to 2019. However, in 2020, there was a significant decrease in the number of notifications, while there was a percentage increase in the number of rape victims under the age of 13, this means that there was an increase in intra-family sexual violence in the context of Covid-19 social isolation and underreporting, due to the reduction in external support networks for victims. The methodology developed in the present study consisted in the documental, literature and legal aspectsreview regarding the theme. The present work aimed to evaluate the impact of social isolation due to Covid-19 in the context of sexual abuse against children and teenagers in Brazil, in addition to evaluating normative, conceptual and epidemiological factors. The results of the study are that there has been an increase in sexual violence, considering that the majority of abuse occurs within the family and in the victim's home and that, the underreporting scenario is worrying, requiring strong public policies against this type of crime, in addition to establishing support networks for victims.