Psychosocial and Criminological Environment Related to Pedocriminality: <i>Nine Cases of Children Rape Reported in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)</i>

Traoré Brahim Samuel; Aka Rita Ahou; Kouamé Yapo Guy Serge; Zikéto Bla Désirée Sandrine; N’Degbeu N’dri Lopez; Yéo-Ténéna Yessonguilana Jean-Marie

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Psychosocial and Criminological Environment Related to Pedocriminality: Nine Cases of Children Rape Reported in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)

Traoré Brahim Samuel, Aka Rita Ahou, Kouamé Yapo Guy Serge, Zikéto Bla Désirée Sandrine, N’Degbeu N’dri Lopez, Yéo-Ténéna Yessonguilana Jean-Marie

Published in American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Volume 9, Issue 3)

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Abstract

Child rape in Abidjan is increasingly mobilizing socio-judicial systems. But psychopathological disorders and associated psychosocial disturbances are sometimes neglected in the process of care. Studying the impact of these sexual crimes on the psychosocial environment of the victims led us to carry out a qualitative study from 2019 to 2020 in two Pediatric Surgery Departments in Abidjan. Based on a purposive sampling strategy, nine (09) victims were selected and their cases are presented under the form of monographs. They were girls aged from 15 months to 7 years. Almost all of them were victims of premeditated rape of proximity. The modus operandi of the rapes followed four phases: attract of the victim, sending to a predatory site, raping and finally release of the victim. The injuries diagnosis indicated tears and perineal damage, evidence of violent vaginal insertive intercourse and / or requiring a forced penetrative gesture. From 06 of the victims, psycho-traumatic disorders were observed and symptoms of vicarious trauma from 04 groups of helpers, associated with a disruption of family dynamics (relocation, conflicts and separation). However, conventional psychological follow-up has only been offered to 02 out of the 09 patients. Child rape is an archaic pathology of civilizations which must include psychosocial care for victims and their caregivers preceded by clinical clarification and rigorous psycho-criminological study.

Published in	American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Volume 9, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajpn.20210903.21
Page(s)	136-142
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Child Crime, Child Rape, Psychotrauma, Family Dynamics

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Traoré Brahim Samuel, Aka Rita Ahou, Kouamé Yapo Guy Serge, Zikéto Bla Désirée Sandrine, N’Degbeu N’dri Lopez, et al. Psychosocial and Criminological Environment Related to Pedocriminality: Nine Cases of Children Rape Reported in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). Am J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2021;9(3):136-142. doi: 10.11648/j.ajpn.20210903.21

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Traoré Brahim Samuel

Medical Sciences Training and Research Unit, Félix Houphou?t Boigny University, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Aka Rita Ahou

Medical Sciences Training and Research Unit, Félix Houphou?t Boigny University, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Kouamé Yapo Guy Serge

Pediatric Surgery Department, Yopougon University Teaching Hospital, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Zikéto Bla Désirée Sandrine

Addiction and Mental Hygiene Service, National Institute of Public Health, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
N’Degbeu N’dri Lopez

Addiction and Mental Hygiene Service, National Institute of Public Health, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Yéo-Ténéna Yessonguilana Jean-Marie

Medical Sciences Training and Research Unit, Félix Houphou?t Boigny University, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

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