Abstract
The Brazilian policy to combat sexual violence emphasizes the importance of protecting victims, as well as accounting for and taking care of the perpetrator. The aim of this paper is to describe one strategy that is being used to address difficult issues – such as the processes of offenders’ own victimization itself, the expression of sexuality and sexual desire for children – in the context of psychosocial interventions for adult sexual offenders against children and adolescents. The strategies adopted are based on psychodrama techniques, which facilitate the overcoming of emotional obstacles to these issues, creating a playful environment during the intervention, providing conditions for reflection, expression of feelings, decreased tension, and which contribute to integration and group engagement in the tasks. This option avoids a confrontational position and favours the development of empathy.
Highlights
The purpose of this paper is to describe group psychosocial interventions aimed at supporting male adult perpetrators of sexual violence against family members
The interventions place their emphasis on three topics, considered by Marshall (2001), Manderville-Norden and Beech (2006) and Winder (2017) to be essential for inclusion in any therapeutic action with regard to this demographic, especially intrafamilial sexual offenders
Most convicts who are referred to the program have received a penalty of eight years, in cases where no aggravating circumstance or other type of violence is found to be present during the sexual abuse
Summary
Treatment to adult perpetrators of intrafamilial sexual abuse in Brazil: psychodrama as strategy. Atendimento ao adulto autor de violência sexual intrafamiliar no Brasil: psicodrama como estratégia. Cuidado al autor adulto de abuso sexual intrafamiliar en Brasil: psicodrama como estratégia. Liana Fortunato Costa1,*, Lana dos Santos Wolff, Andrea Schettino Tavares, Raiane Nunes Nogueira, Marlene Magnabosco Marra. Costa LF https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7473-1362 Wolff LS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0167-0893 Tavares AS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4582-0526.
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