Características de relación e implicaciones jurídicas en las familias víctimas de incesto

Abstract

There is a belief that incest does not occur within the family very frequently, but the reality and the statistics of the Santa Rosa de Viterbo District Prosecutor's Office to whose jurisdiction 13 Municipalities that make up the Sugamuxi province belong, have a number approximately 180,000 inhabitants and, according to the statistical report, it is established that from 2006 to 2009 there have been 104 arrests for sexual offenses against minors, 170 security measures and 198 convictions; In addition, statistics show incest is present in both rural and urban families, with a greater presence than would be expected, since incest situations have been evidenced in 1.1% of the population.