Abuso sexual infantil e pedofilia: perspectivas psicológicas, aspectos penais e sanções controversas

Abstract

The purpose of the present paper is to carry out a wide analysis about the problem of child sexual abuse in Brazil, especially regarding the psychological aspects of the pedophile offender and the juridical resolutions that are applied to the felon. Regarding the affirmations from psychiatry and psychology that pedophilia is a mental ailment subject to treatment, theme of our first chapter, it is sought to verify if the brazilian criminal set of laws has adapted to this idea, matter of the following chapter. Subsequently, examples of preventive and sanctioning measures adopted by other countries, such as the chemical castration and the sex offender registry, are investigated, critically pondering as to the possibility of incorporation of said institutes on the national legal order, contemplating in comparison our constitutional principles. The execution of this research counts with interdisciplinary arrangement, uniting Law, psychology and sociology, and the scientific method utilized is the dialectic, as it is tried to verify if our legislation matches the most current understandings about this subject, approaching the object of research through different opinions and points of view.