TESTIMONY WITHOUT HARM IN SEXUAL CRIMES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LAW APPLICABILITY, NUMBER: 13,431/2017

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.21641424200610

• Palavras-chave: Child sexual crimes, testimony without damage, child sexual abuse, criminal law.

• Keywords: Child sexual crimes, testimony without damage, child sexual abuse, criminal law.

• Abstract:

  The testimony without harm is extremely important, as it has its benefits, which are reflected in the legal and psychological aspects resulting from its application. In the legal sphere, it becomes fundamental in order to guarantee the progress of the legal process, providing greater efficiency in terms of the evidence set, since the conduct of the hearing aims to protect the child from exposure, providing greater security and adequate dialogue, enabling better data extraction regarding the facts reported. Crimes against children's sexual dignity have a strong impact on their psychological and personal development. In this context, this research aims to expose the importance of testifying as a victim; The bibliographical, exploratory and descriptive review was used as a research method based on scientific articles, theses, doctrines, legislation, books and the like.
  The research aims to look at the consequences of sexual crimes involving children and adolescents. Their consequences also reflect the family environment and everyone that makes it up, which will be part of not only the victim's childhood period, but also in their adult phase, if you are not offered specialized treatment and care. Therefore, it is crucial that the judicial system understands how essential specialized assistance is in these cases, considering that the victim's testimony is a type of elementary evidence and that the witnesses in these cases in most of the crimes that occur are children or adolescents. The research was developed based on the bibliographic review methodology through analysis of scientific articles, doctrine, legislation relating to the proposed topic. The results obtained point to the need to apply legislation as a way of preserving children and adolescents who are victims or witnesses of violence and present their narratives in a safe, protected and welcoming manner, as they must be treated by the Judiciary with absolute priority.