Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Description of the Dataset
2.3. Coding and Analysis
2.4. Ethics
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of the Alleged Victims and Details of the Alleged Sexual Assaults (Objective 1)
3.2. Alleged Victim’s Narratives of the Sexual Acts (Objective 2)
3.2.1. Sexual Acts the Minor Reported Having Been Subjected to
3.2.2. Sexual Acts the Minor Reported Having Been Forced to Perform
3.3. Relationship between the Type of Sexual Act and the Characteristics of the Alleged Victims and the Details of the Alleged Sexual Assaults (Objective 3)
4. Discussion
4.1. Main Findings
4.2. Strengths and Limitations
4.3. Implications for Policy and Practice
4.4. Considerations for Future Research
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Total | |
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Age, Mean (Standard Deviation) | 8.66 (4.08) |
Education, n (%) | |
No formal Education | 101 (14.9) |
Preschool | 378 (55.6) |
Primary School | 175 (25.7) |
Secondary School | 22 (3.2) |
Unsatisfied Needs Index of the Municipality of Residence (in Quartiles), n (%) | |
Quartile 1 | 498 (73.5) |
Quartile 2 | 137 (20.2) |
Quartile 3 | 26 (3.8) |
Quartile 4 | 17 (2.5) |
Total | |
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Day of the Week, n (%) | |
Weekday | 526 (77.4) |
Weekend | 154 (22.6) |
Location, n (%) | |
Public/Outdoors/Park | 123 (18.1) |
Alleged offender’s home | 201 (29.6) |
Minor’s home | 217 (31.9) |
Other | 139 (20.4) |
Unsatisfied Needs Index of the Municipality where the Alleged Assault Took Place (in Quartiles), n (%) | |
Quartile 1 | 490 (72.1) |
Quartile 2 | 145 (21.3) |
Quartile 3 | 28 (4.1) |
Quartile 4 | 17 (2.5) |
Type of Alleged Offender, n (%) | |
First and second degree relative | 101 (14.9) |
Third degree relative | 184 (27.1) |
Family acquaintance | 24 (3.5) |
Friend of the minor | 58 (8.5) |
Neighbor | 129 (19.0) |
Teacher | 15 (2.2) |
Other acquaintance | 113 (16.6) |
Stranger | 56 (8.2) |
Alleged Offender offers Money, n (%) | |
No | 611 (90.0) |
Yes | 68 (10.0) |
Sexual Acts Minor Reported Having Been Subjected to 1 | Sexual Acts Minor Reported Having Been Forced to Perform 1 | |||||
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Anal Penetration (Penis) | Fondling/Touching | Other | Fellatio/Oral Intercourse | Anal Penetration (Penis) | Other | |
Age (%) | ||||||
0–4 | 36.8 | 40.2 | 32.5 | 14.5 | 6.8 | 8.5 |
5–9 | 50.7 | 40.7 | 34.1 | 15.5 | 3.1 | 10.0 |
10–14 | 51.2 | 39.2 | 36.4 | 13.9 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
15–17 | 35.9 | 51.6 | 40.6 | 12.5 | 4.7 | 14.1 |
X2 (df = 3) | 11.137 a | 3.253 | 1.473 | 0.551 | 3.770 | 6.060 |
Cramer’s V 2 | 0.128 | - | - | - | - | - |
Education (%) | ||||||
No formal Education | 35.6 | 42.6 | 39.6 | 16.8 | 7.9 | 5.0 |
Preschool | 50.8 | 40.2 | 33.3 | 15.1 | 3.2 | 10.3 |
Primary School | 46.9 | 40.0 | 34.3 | 14.3 | 6.3 | 6.9 |
Secondary School | 36.4 | 59.1 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 13.6 |
X2 (df = 3) | 8.412 a | 3.242 | 5.110 | 4.236 | 5.964 | 4.442 |
Cramer’s V | 0.112 | - | - | - | - | - |
Unsatisfied Needs Index of the Municipality of Residence (in Quartiles) (%) | ||||||
Quartile 1 | 47.4 | 42.4 | 36.9 | 15.9 | 5.8 | 8.4 |
Quartile 2 | 46.0 | 39.4 | 29.9 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 8.8 |
Quartile 3 | 46.2 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 11.5 | 7.7 | 11.5 |
Quartile 4 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 35.3 | 23.5 | 0.0 | 11.8 |
X2 (df = 3) | 0.323 | 1.625 | 2.558 | 4.790 | 5.736 | 0.510 |
Cramer’s V | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total (%) | 47.1 | 41.2 | 35.1 | 14.6 | 4.9 | 8.7 |
Sexual Acts Minor Reported Having Been Subjected to 1 | Sexual Acts Minor Reported Having Been Forced to Perform 1 | |||||
Anal Penetration (Penis) | Fondling/Touching | Other | Fellatio/Oral Intercourse | Anal Penetration (Penis) | Other | |
Day of the week (%) | ||||||
Weekday | 45.6 | 41.6 | 35.7 | 15.2 | 4.8 | 8.9 |
Weekend | 51.9 | 39.6 | 33.1 | 12.3 | 5.2 | 7.8 |
X2 (df = 1) | 1.910 | 0.202 | 0.360 | 0.790 | 0.050 | 0.196 |
Cramer’s V | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Location (%) | ||||||
Public/Outdoors/Park | 40.7 | 39.8 | 31.7 | 13.8 | 10.6 | 6.5 |
Alleged offender’s home | 46.3 | 43.8 | 33.3 | 18.4 | 4.5 | 8.0 |
Minor’s home | 49.8 | 39.6 | 37.8 | 13.8 | 2.3 | 11.5 |
Other | 49.6 | 41.0 | 36.7 | 10.8 | 4.3 | 7.2 |
X2 (df = 3) | 3.090 | 0.870 | 1.738 | 4.128 | 11.905 b | 3.464 |
Cramer’s V | - | - | - | - | 0.132 | - |
Unsatisfied Needs Index of the Municipality where the Alleged Assault Took Place (in Quartiles) (%) | ||||||
Quartile 1 | 47.6 | 42.2 | 37.1 | 16.3 | 5.7 | 9.0 |
Quartile 2 | 46.9 | 39.3 | 28.3 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 6.9 |
Quartile 3 | 42.9 | 32.1 | 35.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
Quartile 4 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 35.5 | 23.5 | 0.0 | 11.8 |
X2 (df = 3) | 0.484 | 1.383 | 3.864 | 7.265 | 7.527 | 0.988 |
Cramer’s V | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Type of Alleged Offender (%) | ||||||
First and second degree relative Third degree relative Family acquaintance Friend of the minor Neighbor Teacher Other acquaintance Stranger X2 (df = 7) Cramer’s V | 43.6 54.9 41.7 50.0 44.2 26.7 42.5 48.2 9.420 - | 55.4 39.1 45.8 25.9 37.2 73.3 39.8 39.3 22.049 b 0.180 | 38.6 34.2 41.7 24.1 36.4 33.3 40.7 26.8 7.497 - | 7.9 18.5 12.5 17.2 19.4 20.0 10.6 7.1 12.920 - | 0.0 1.6 8.3 5.2 7.8 0.0 10.6 5.4 21.214 b - | 10.9 7.6 12.5 5.2 7.0 6.7 10.6 10.7 3.610 - |
Alleged Offender offers Money (%) No Yes X2 (df = 1) Cramer’s V | 48.8 32.4 6.621 b 0.099 | 40.1 51.5 3.266 - | 34.7 39.7 0.673 - | 14.1 17.6 0.632 - | 3.4 17.6 26.722 c 0.198 | 7.9 16.2 5.339 a 0.089 |
Total (%) | 47.1 | 41.2 | 35.1 | 14.6 | 4.9 | 8.7 |
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Escalante-Barrios, E.L.; Fàbregues, S.; Meneses, J.; García-Vita, M.d.M.; Jabba, D.; Ricardo-Barreto, C.; Pérez, S.P.F. Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 8248. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218248
Escalante-Barrios EL, Fàbregues S, Meneses J, García-Vita MdM, Jabba D, Ricardo-Barreto C, Pérez SPF. Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(21):8248. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218248
Chicago/Turabian StyleEscalante-Barrios, Elsa Lucia, Sergi Fàbregues, Julio Meneses, María del Mar García-Vita, Daladier Jabba, Carmen Ricardo-Barreto, and Sandra Patricia Ferreira Pérez. 2020. "Male-On-Male Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean Region of Colombia: A Secondary Analysis of Medico-Legal Reports" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21: 8248. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218248