CHILD GROOMING IN CHILEAN CRIMINAL LAW: CHANGES TO SECTION 366 QUATER OF THE CRIMINAL CODE INTRODUCED BY LAW 20526

Published 2023-06-08
Section Derecho

Authors

  • Christian Scheechler Corona Universidad Católica del Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7770/rchdcp-V3N1-art351

Keywords:

sexual abuse, childgrooming, child pornography, internet, social network

Abstract

The Law 20.526 meant important modifi cati ons, among other, to the section 366 quáter of the chilean Criminal Code. With this, the legislat or sought to incorporate the childgrooming to our legislation, fi lling an apparent hole in the Code, besides introducing other changes nouns and adjectives as sexual crimes against young people. In this paper the main changes will be ana-lyzed that the norm brought to the crime of improper sexual abuse content in the article in question.

Author Biography

Christian Scheechler Corona, Universidad Católica del Norte

Abogado. Académico de Derecho Penal e Introducción al Derecho en la Universidad Católica del Norte,
Antofagasta, Chile.

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