Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica
Volume 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-138

Social agents from protection networks in fighting commercial sexual exploitation [Os agentes sociais da rede de proteção e atendimento no enfrentamento da exploração sexual comercial] (Article) (Open Access)

Alberto M.F.P.* , da Silva A.C.S. , Gomes V.C. , Santana R.V.M. , Soares A.M.
  • a Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
  • b Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, Brazil
  • c Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
  • d Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
  • e Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil

Abstract

This article shows the data collected in a research regarding the perception of Social Agents who act in fighting children and adolescents' commercial sexual exploitation. The networking is composed by Governmental Organizations, Non-governmental Organizations, Justice System and Human Rights entities. They compose a network of 15 institutions, and 31 Social Agents who belonged to 12 of them were interviewed. It was used a questionnaire composed by open and closed questions about protection systems knowledge; perception of children and adolescents' commercial sexual exploitation; forms of fighting children and adolescents' commercial sexual exploitation; procedures and actions in case of suspicion, identification, denunciation and notification. Most of the Social Agents who make part of the network know the role of the institution where they work, although some of them do not know part of the Legislation which deals with this problematic and they also do not know the forms to effectuate in practice the purpose of the Legislation and its inter-institutional articulation.

Author Keywords

Children and adolescents Social agents violence SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84862612604&doi=10.1590%2fS0102-79722012000100016&partnerID=40&md5=d2c4974ae5d0191bd1a1efaacd006ce9
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-79722012000100016
ISSN: 01027972
Cited by: 1
Original Language: Portuguese