Grooming dentro de las instituciones educativas y su respectiva tipificación penal.

Abstract

This document provides an overview of the key conceptual issues in the identification and understanding of Grooming and its classification in Ecuadorian legislation. A narrative review approach is needed to synthesize and understand the key literature, based on an understanding of juvenile behavior, perpetrator ways of operating, and subsequent criminalization. Identifies and discusses what is known about grooming, particularly as it relates to child sexual abuse in educational institutions. Recent efforts to clarify definitions of grooming in research and articles reflect an increased awareness of the diverse range of settings in which grooming can occur, as well as the diverse range of goals and purposes of grooming techniques. Grooming can be defined as: The use of a variety of manipulation and control techniques; with a vulnerable subject; in a variety of interpersonal and social settings; to establish trust or normalize sexually harmful conduct; with the general aim of facilitating exploitation and/or prohibiting exposure. (McAlinden, 2012, p. 11). Grooming can involve a variety of behaviors that seek to build trust and increase access to a child, and to cement the perpetrator's authority and/or a child's compliance to perpetrate or continue to perpetrate child sexual abuse. Grooming and its related techniques are difficult to identify and define. Grooming includes numerous techniques, many of which are not explicitly sexual or directly abusive in themselves (McAlinden, 2006). In all parts of the world, grooming is a growing problem. In fact, a 2013 Forbes survey found more than 12,000 fake accounts containing child pornography. Unfortunately, not all countries have laws that criminalize grooming.