02117nam a2200349 4500 25248 25248 20200316c2017 y0pory50 ba por Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents a developmental Victimology Marisalva Fávero...[et.al]. In recent decades, there has been an increase in the number of studies on sexual violence against children and adolescents, however, this was the last form of abuse to be studied. This article presents some results from these studies, in particular, concepts, epidemiology, and consequences. We also propose a reflection on the confusionbetween sexual assault and pedophilia, concluding that there is a consensus among the scientific community that not all sexual perpetrators of children and adolescents are pedophiles and not all pedophiles are sexual perpetrators. We conclude with some reflections on the new horizons of research and the status professionals are giving to violence against children and adolescents, by analyzing the proposal by Finkelhor (2007) on Developmental Victimology as a branch of victimology that focuses on juvenile victimization throughout the life cycle. Keywords: child sexual abuse, developmental victimology, juvenile victimization throughout the life cycle. N. 12 julho 2017 p. 81-107 Psiquiatria, Psicologia e Justiça Santo Tirso PSICOLOGIA PSICOLOGIA DO COMPORTAMENTO ABUSO SEXUAL ABUSO DE MENORES PEDOFILIA VITIMIZAÇÃO VITIMOLOGIA VIOLÊNCIA SEXUAL VIOLAÇÃO DE CRIANÇAS DESENVOLVIMENTO INFANTIL PORTUGAL Fávero Marisalva Ferreira Fátima Marques Vera Gomes Valéria Del Campo Amaia Oliveira Sónia PP461 0 PP_461_000000000000000 2021-12-17 28577 DGRSP DGRSP PP461 2021-12-17 0 AP