Aspectos criminológicos de los abusos sexuales en el ámbito deportivo: especial referencia a la ejecución del prevalimiento

The crimes of sexual abuse of minors, as part of criminality of a sexual nature, have been increasing in recent years. This circumstance may be due to the change in the social perception of sexual abuse, thus enabling an increase in complaints. Among the sexual abuses of minors, those that are...

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Main Author: Montesdeoca Rodríguez, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8186434
Source:Boletín criminológico, ISSN 1137-2427, Vol. 28, Nº 211, 2021, pags. 1-17
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Summary: The crimes of sexual abuse of minors, as part of criminality of a sexual nature, have been increasing in recent years. This circumstance may be due to the change in the social perception of sexual abuse, thus enabling an increase in complaints. Among the sexual abuses of minors, those that are committed in the field of sport, and in which the perpetrators are coaches or teachers of the victim, stand out for their special characteristics. This sports environment, healthy and surrounded by benefits in the progressive evolutionary development of the minor, is sometimes used in the opposite direction by sexual offenders to achieve their purposes. The so defined influence of the teacher or coach with respect to his student, is used to execute the illicit purpose, taking advantage of this asymmetry of power to carry out his actions. The circumstances that surround the victims after suffering these traumatic events are evident and are framed in secondary victimization, consequences that are combated thanks to the incorporation in our criminal legal system of specific legislation on crime victims