Analysis of the contextual factors that led young people from the criminal responsibility system for adolescents of the support intervention modality of the Development Center to commit sexual abuse in children under 14 years of age

Young people who sexually abuse are exposed to contextual factors that can have an impact on their behavior, they are generally distant from the family, avoid responsibilities or have a negative attitude towards other people or themselves. In the city of Armenia, there has been evidence of an increase in the admission of minors under 18 years of age punished for the crime of aggravated sexual abuse or violent carnal access to minors under 14 years of age at the Development Center as a social intervention program, which It leads to the realization of a study that allows to define and analyze this behavior.

 The present research work is carried out from a qualitative methodology of a descriptive type, under a phenomenological research design in which investigative topics are observed that can be feelings, emotions, reasoning, visions, perceptions, among others. The sample consisted of 9 young people belonging to the criminal responsibility system for adolescents, and who are within the intervention program. The data collection technique was the semi-structured interview.

The interpretation of the results is obtained through applied semi-structured interviews. According to this, 18 subcategories were found, which were classified into 5 categories such as: family relationships, sexuality, history of abuse, mental health and history of consumption, which allowed establishing an existing relationship between them.

 In conclusion, child sexual abuse is a problem that children and adolescents have always endured in all cultures and that has been denied or undervalued, due to the very circumstances in which it occurs. Generating mental and physical problems in them, leading to serious psychological disorders that affect the well-being and development of the victims.