More and more investigations are opened on cases of sexual violence between young children. Vianney Dyevre, head of the juvenile protection squad at the Paris police headquarters, explains on Europe 1 the difficulty of these cases.

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Although the lawsuits are extremely rare, the reports of sexual violence between young children have multiplied in recent years. Recently, the gendarmerie opened an investigation into a five-year-old boy, suspected of sexually assaulting three children in his class, at a nursery school in Lafox, near Agen, in Lot-et-Garonne.

Young children "do not have an informed awareness of sexuality"

"The term sexual assault is quite difficult to remember for very young children, children under 6-7 years old are not considered to have an informed awareness of sexuality. are not necessarily considered by the children as sexual assault, whether it is the victim or the aggressor, "says Vianney Dyevre, head of the brigade of protection of minors at the Paris police headquarters , at Matthieu Belliard, Monday on Europe 1.

Why is the number of cases increasing?

The Paris brigade deals with "a dozen cases of this type per year". For Vianney Dyere, the increase in the number of complaints refers to several explanations, ranging from "the liberation of speech in our societies", to an increased criminalization of behavior. "Obviously, the problem is becoming more sensitive nowadays.Parents are much more sensitive to these things, which also know very well regulate the personnel of the national education," observes the brigade leader.

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Once a problematic case has been reported, the officers of the juvenile protection brigade, well trained in the delicate exercise of dialogue with a child, must adopt a particular tone. "For the investigators, it is obviously not to prosecute a child of 6, but to play down the situation and make them understand that privacy is something sacred," insists Vianney Dyere on our antenna.

The officer is also alarmed at the increasingly early access of children to "the most unbridled pornography, as long as they have access to mobile phones." "There, we are talking about children of ten, 11. But little brothers, little sisters, can also have access to these images through their older brothers and sisters."