Women and religious practice before prison: a case study in the Female Prison Unit of Acre

• Autor(a) principal: Amaral, Josineide Aquino da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Shikida, Pery Francisco Assis, da Silva, Rubicleis Gomes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Rever (São Paulo. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rever/article/view/47717
• topic: Field research. Women. Prisoner. Moral guidance.; Pesquisa de Campo. Mulheres. Presas. Trava moral

This article aimed to identify and analyze which variables influenced women’s religious practice before being arrested in the “Female Prison Unit” (UPF) / Acre State-Brazil. For this purpose, a logistic regression on primary data, obtained through the application of questionnaires/interviews, was used on 146 women already sentenced or awaiting trial at UPF. As a result, the model variables (statistically significant) as determinants in the conduct of that interviewed woman, who said she practiced a religion before being arrested, were married parents; worked; had children in adolescence; and years of study. Practicing a religion with moral guidance, she did not distinguish principles or values when her pecuniary interest prevailed in an illicit act.