SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: PROFILES OF VICTIMS AND AGGRESSORS

Authors

  • Rafaella Queiroga Souto
  • Carla Carolina da Silva Leite
  • Inácia Sátiro Xavier de França
  • Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v17i1.26377

Keywords:

Handicapped, Violence against women, Sexual violence, Rape, Nursing.

Abstract

This transversal and descriptive study describes 19 special needs victims of sexual violence and aggressors from 396 cases of sexual violence registered in the period 2004 to 2009 in Campina Grande in the state of Paraíba. The data was collected by trained researchers and recorded on a structured research instrument developed for the study and previously tested. Data was organized and analyzed with the help of the software Statistical package for the Social Sciences 17.0 and descriptive statistics. It was ascertained that 4.8% of the cases of sexual violence involved women with special needs. The victims, the majority of whom had mental disabilities, were single, aged between 12 and 19, and with little schooling. The majority of the aggressors were known to the victim and acted alone; it was established that violence was used in 21.1% of cases, with physical violence and serious threats being most common. Health teams can contribute to the prevention and detection of sexual violence, with particular regard to people with special needs.

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Published

2012-03-31

How to Cite

Souto, R. Q., Leite, C. C. da S., França, I. S. X. de, & Cavalcanti, A. L. (2012). SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: PROFILES OF VICTIMS AND AGGRESSORS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v17i1.26377

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2012)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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