PROFILE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE CASE AGAINST CHILDREN EXAMINED IN LANGSA GENERAL HOSPITAL IN 2019 – 2020

Abstract

Background: News regarding violence against children spread in the mass media is enough to make people surprised. Cases of violence against children are still an iceberg phenomenon. This is because most children who are victims of sexual violence are reluctant to report it. In 2016, KPAI recorded 120 cases of violence against children. Then in 2017, there were 116 cases. Children are very vulnerable to threats of sexual violence due to their need of protection from adults. Almost all perpetrators of sexual violence against children are carried out by those closest to them and are usually favored, such as family members, relatives, neighbors, friends of fathers or mothers or peers. Methods: This research is descriptive with a cross sectional approach which aims to determine the profile of cases of sexual violence against children examined in Langsa General Hospital in 2019 - 2020 which was carried out in Langsa Hospital, Langsa City from August 2021 to October 2021. The population of this study was all data of cases of violence against children examined at the Forensic and Medicolegal Installation of Langsa Hospital in Langsa City in 2019 to 2020 with a sample of all data on cases of sexual violence against children examined at the Forensic and Medicolegal Installation of Langsa General Hospital in 2019 to 2021 using the method of total sampling. The inclusion criteria were data examined at the Forensic and Medicolegal Installation of Langsa General Hospital in Cases of Sexual Violence against Children in Langsa City in 2019 to 2020 which includes gender, education, type of tear, relationship between victim and perpetrator. The exclusion criteria were the Examined Data In the Forensic and Medicolegal Installation of Langsa Hospital in cases of violence against children in Langsa City, in 2019 to 2020 victims of abuse, victims of traffic accidents, victims of death. In this study, the variables studied were: (1). Gender (2). Education (3). Type of tear (4). Relationship between the victim and the perpetrator. Conclusion: Most victims of sexual violence were 88.5% female (23 cases), 65.38% (17 cases) in school category with the type of tear that was 34.8% old tear (8 cases), and the relationship between the victim and the perpetrators in the known category was 88.5% (23 cases).