Corporal lesions in children and teenagers victms from family violence in the grande Vitoria region / Lesões corporais em crianças e adolescentes vitimas de violencia familiar na região da grande Vitoria

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2006

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Family Violence represents one of the cruelest faces of violence, because it affects defenseless people, women and children, mostly in their own homes, where protection and well-being are expected. Despite the laws focusing on the rights for children and teenagers, several forms of violence continue to psychologically affect children in such age group, promoting violent behavior in their relationship. The present work analyzed the epidemiological profile of children and teenagers victims of family violence in the Metropolitan Region of Grande Vitoria, between 2002 and 2003. Individuais were examined at the Legal Medicine Department in that region. A retrospective study of forensic examination records of that Department was conducted. A total of 895 cases of children and teenagers victims of non-Iethal aggressions by their family members were detected. However, previous studies verified that most of the victims were female (567 female - 63.35% and 328 male - 36.64%). Besides, the highest incidence of cases was verified for teenagers, aged 15-18 years. There was no significant difference between teenagers (450 - 50.27%) and children (445 - 49.72%). In most cases (482 53.85%), the main aggressors were the biological parents, followed by stepfather (111 - 12.40%). The highest incidence of aggressions occurred on weekends by means of direct trauma, with bare hands; the use of a belt and other household objects was related in 129 cases (14.41%). In 89 cases (9.94%), the victims presented no corporal lesions. The most frequent lesions were bruise (479 59.42%), scratch (400 - 49.62%) and hematoma (184 -22.82%). The most affected body regions were the upper limbs (390 - 25.74%), head (351 - 23.30%), lower limbs (269 - 17.75%), and posterior thorax (180 - 11.88%); as for the face, the orbits (79 - 15.22%), the forehead (74 -14.25%) and the mouth (69 - 13.29%) were the most affected regions. In 54 cases, there were several victims of the same family, totaling 117 children or teenagers, most of whom were violently punished by their parents. In 8 cases (14.81%), the victims were twin brothers. According to criteria described in the Brazilian Penal Code, most children and teenagers in this study suffered damage classified as Minor Corporal Lesion, since their physical or functional integrity was not affected

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crianças coroners and medical examiners wounds and injuries ferimentos e lesões medicos legistas family violence child violencia familiar adolescentes teenager forensic medicine medicina forence

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