Studies on sexual violence towards children and teenagers have demonstrated that family members and acquaintances are the most usual aggressors, which makes it all the more difficult to make accusations. During childhood and adolescence, the school setting might be the ideal place for detection, intervention, and promotion of features of protection to reduce violence and its impact upon their development. The aim of this paper was to analyze cases of sexual violence identified or revealed in educational settings, describing its forms, incidence, victim and aggressor profiles, as well as the individuals responsible for their identification. Twenty-two cases have been selected out of 2, 522 records provided by a state accusation program that offers support to victims of sexual violence. The data also show that victims are mainly females under the age of 12. Teachers were largely responsible for revealing the cases, which were mainly verbally communicated by the victims.
Child abuse; Schools; Identifying violence; Sexual abuse