This study aims at learning and characterizing the path of violence cases referred from the Center of Reference of Children and Adolescents (CRCA) to the Center of Attention to Victimized Children and Adolescents (CACAV) between 1997 and 2001. The investigation performed was exploratory and descriptive. 46.8% of the cases referred to the CACAV (n=731) involved women. The research also showed that there was prevalence in the cases of negligence, with 35.7%, differently from what is found in literature. We have concluded that there is a need to standardize terms and create an instrument of record-keeping that may allow the collection of accurate information on violence against children and adolescents.
domestic violence; denounce; victimized child and adolescent
