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SEXUAL EXPLOITATION CHILDREN [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2022-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

Date of creation: March 2019.

Key term(s)
  • National Child Exploitation Crime Center
  • National Children Exploitation Crime Centre
  • National Children Exploitation Crime Center
  • National Child Exploitation Co-ordination Centre
  • National Child Exploitation Coordination Center
  • National Child Exploitation Co-ordination Center
  • National Children Exploitation Co-ordination Centre
  • National Children Exploitation Coordination Center
  • National Children Exploitation Co-ordination Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

Date de création : mars 2019.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Offences and crimes
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
DEF

The misuse of power by someone who is in authority over a child for the purposes of exploiting a child for sexual gratification.

CONT

[Child sexual abuse] involves the exposure of a child to sexual activity or behaviour, and may include invitation to sexual touching, intercourse or other forms of exploitation, such as child pornography and juvenile prostitution.

CONT

Sexual abuse of children has been defined in Ontario as abuse that includes "any sexual intercourse, sexual molestation, ex-exhibition or sexual exploitation involving a child that could be a violation of the Criminal Code or render the child in need of protection under the Child Welfare Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
DEF

Situation où un adolescent ou un adulte abuse de son pouvoir ou de son autorité et se sert d'un enfant pour se satisfaire sexuellement; l'enfant est exposé à un contact, à une activité ou à un comportement à caractère sexuel sous forme, par exemple, d'invitation à des attouchements, de rapports sexuels ou d'autres formes d'exploitation telles que la prostitution ou la pornographie juvéniles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Problemas sociales
  • Sociología de la familia
OBS

Todo acto de naturaleza sexual en el que son comprometidos sujetos que se encuentran por debajo de la edad de consentimiento y cuyo fin principal es la gratificación sexual de la persona sexualmente madura [...]

OBS

Abuso infantil no es lo mismo que maltrato infantil. La expresión abuso infantil tiene implicación sexual [en español] por lo que no es apropiada usarla como mero sinónimo de maltrato infantil o de menores. [...] En cambio abuso infantil tiene connotación sexual y es una forma, aunque no la única, de maltrato infantil [...] Así en "[…] un caso de abuso infantil en el que una niña de cinco años ha permanecido encerrada desde hace varios años en una habitación con perros y gatos" lo adecuado habría sido "[…] un caso de maltrato infantil en el que una niña de cinco años […]".

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