Profile of victims of sexual violence receiving care in Campinas

Abstract

The aim of this study was to characterize the profile of the care offered to female victims of sexual violence with an emphasis on legal aspects. A descriptive and retrospective study of 41 women with an average age of 31 years who had experienced sexual violence within the stipulated period was carried out. The highest frequency of the crimes occurred between 00h00min and 06h00min (n=17). There was a frequency of 56% for the data “police report”. The crimes found were rape (n=37) and rape by deception (n=4). A total of 12.20% victims (n=5) completed the proposed treatment. The majority of victims were single, and subjected to rape with violence or serious threat in the “street” location. Although more than half of the sample described completing a police report, the veracity of this information could not be confirmed as the reports were not found in their medical records.