Intervention Policies on Domestic Violence Against Women

• Main Author: Suxberger, Antonio Henrique Graciano
• Publication Date: 2016
• Other Authors: Ferreira, Natália Neves Alves
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Revista de Gênero, Sexualidade e Direito
• Download full: http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/revistagsd/article/view/1126
• topic: Domestic violence against women, Gender based violence, Maria da pena statute, Public policies, Multidisciplinary intervention, Conditional probation on criminal prosecution; Violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher, Violência de gênero, Lei maria da penha, Políticas públicas, Intervenção multidisciplinar, Suspensão condicional do processo

The article highlights multidisciplinary policies on gender based violence, acoording to the Maria da Penha Statute. It considers the context after the legal prohibition of probation during the criminal prosecution. From a literature review and document analysis, specially on researches conducted on the subject, the article sustains the importance of multidisciplinary actions combined or dissociated to formal criminal responses and focus the need of interventions considering the aggressors as well the victims, in order to assure a preventive efficiency regarding future cases of domestic violence against women.