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Este estudo objetivou investigar os condicionantes da exploração sexual de crianças e adolescentes (ESCA) sob a percepção de trabalhadores de grandes obras (TGOs) e analisar comparativamente grupos de perpetradores e não-perpetradores. Foram entrevistados 288 TGOs em diferentes regiões brasileiras. Dos entrevistados, 67% apontaram o envolvimento dos colegas de trabalho com ESCA e 25,4% relataram o próprio envolvimento. As principais variáveis correlacionadas ao problema foram o envolvimento com prostituição, o uso de drogas e o tempo alojado nas obras. O envolvimento com prostitutas despontou como variável mais importante na predição do envolvimento com ESCA. Intervenções nesta área requerem maior conhecimento acerca dos perpetradores, auxiliando na elaboração de perspectivas de enfrentamento mais eficazes.This study aimed to understand the reasons for sexual exploitation of children and adolescents from the perception of Brazilian construction workers and compare groups of perpetrators and non-perpetrators. Two hundred eighty-eight construction workers were interviewed in different Brazilian regions. 67% of respondents indicated the involvement of co-workers with the issue and 25.4% reported their own involvement with it. Main variables correlated to the issue were the involvement with prostitutes, drug use and time out-of-home. Being involved with prostitutes was pointed as the most important variable explaining the involvement with the issue. Interventions in this area require more knowledge about the perpetrators, which may contribute to the development of more effective strategies of confrontation.

O objetivo desse estudo foi analisar comparativamente dois grupos de caminhoneiros, classificados respectivamente como "clientes" e "não clientes" da exploração sexual de crianças e adolescentes nas estradas (ESCA) sobre seu envolvimento com esta atividade. Entrevistou-se 239 caminhoneiros em diferentes regiões brasileiras. As respostas foram categorizadas e os dados passaram por tratamento estatístico descritivo e inferencial. Aqueles que se auto-declararam como clientes (n = 85) da ESCA diferem do outro grupo (n = 154), porque informam passar mais tempo esperando a carga, costumar sair com prostitutas adultas mais que os não-clientes e ter menos conhecimentos sobre os direitos das crianças. No entanto, o perfil dos dois grupos para as variáveis demográficas e sobre a profissão são bastante semelhantes. O estudo destaca o caráter circunstancial do envolvimento destes caminhoneiros com a ESCA e a necessidade de se considerar as variáveis relacionadas ao comportamento sexual e ao conhecimento dos direitos da criança e do adolescente nas ações de enfrentamento da ESCA.This study aims at comparing two groups of truck drivers, clients and non-clients of children and adolescents' commercial sexual exploitation (ESCA). Interviews were conducted with 239 truck drivers in different areas of Brazil. The data were analyzed statistically by inferential and descriptive analyses. The comparison between the groups showed that those who said they were clients of ESCA (n = 85) use to have a higher loading time than the ones in the other group (n = 154). Moreover, the clients use to utilize more prostitutes' services and have less knowledge of children's rights. However, the profiles of both groups were very similar, according to demographic and professional data. This study highlighted the circumstantial feature of the relationship between the truck drivers and the children and adolescents' commercial sexual exploitation.

This study aims at comparing two groups of truck drivers, clients and non-clients of children and adolescents' commercial sexual exploitation (ESCA). Interviews were conducted with 239 truck drivers in different areas of Brazil. The data were analyzed statistically by inferential and descriptive analyses. The comparison between the groups showed that those who said they were clients of ESCA (n = 85) use to have a higher loading time than the ones in the other group (n = 154). Moreover, the clients use to utilize more prostitutes' services and have less knowledge of children's rights. However, the profiles of both groups were very similar, according to demographic and professional data. This study highlighted the circumstantial feature of the relationship between the truck drivers and the children and adolescents' commercial sexual exploitation.