SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

With the promulgation of the 1988 Federal Constitution children are understood to be entitled to rights in development and with absolute preference. Within the legal repertoire it is guaranteed that no child and adolescent will be the object of any form of neglect discrimination abuse aggression atrocity and oppression and any attack by omission or action on their fundamental rights will be punishable by law. Although a legal protection system is in place today violence against children and adolescents still occurs. In view of the above the objectives of this study were to quantify the cases recorded at the health unit through a survey of the selected population all young people of both sexes from 0 (zero) years old to 18 (eighteen) years old notified by HUUFMA in the period of 1 (one) year specifically in 2016 with the aim of describing the prevalence of sexual violence against children and adolescents as well as identifying its incidence by age group knowing the profile of the victims and aggressors.