Caracterização dos espaços de exploração sexual comercial infanto-juvenil na cidade de Cajazeiras - PB.

Abstract

This research has as object of study the characterization of spaces of commercial juvenile sexual exploitation, located in the urban area of Cajazeiras city, State of Paraiba. The commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth is presented as a complex phenomenon that affects the vast majority of countries, including Brazil. The phenomenon is violence against children and teens, which is contextualized according to the operation and marketing of their bodies and sexuality in the sex market. The aim of this research is to identify the areas of commercial juvenile sexual exploitation; characterize the spaces of commercial sexual exploitation of children and teens and highlight the presence of the state and civil society in the control and face the spaces of commercial juvenile sexual exploitation. How is a research of geographical nature that involves the dynamics of society with its built space unevenly, it was decided to approach this relationship from the historical and dialectical materialism, also defined one quali-quantitative approach. For the development of the research, were also defined some methodological procedures of investigative nature as the field research. To date collect, we applied semi-structured interviews with professionals that work with the children and youth in social and governmental institutions organizations. The results showed that in cajazeirense urban areas, there is a predominance of open spaces (streets) of commercial juvenile sexual exploitation, since during the research no enclosed space was identified, although we believe that there is this kind of space in the city. The research also showed that these spaces are installed in several parts of Cajazeiras city, with a higher concentration in the central area. Each one of these spaces has own socio-spatial dynamics characteristics and specific that they legitimate within the sex trade.