HOMICIDES IN MACEIÓ (BRAZIL): A CONFIGURATIONAL STUDY

• Autor(a) principal: Nascimento, Fillipi Lúcio
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Silva Neto, Antonio José da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Hygeia (Uberlândia)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/hygeia/article/view/69021
• topic: Homicídios; Configurações; Modus operandi; Maceió; Homicides; Configurations; Modus operandi; Maceió

The aim of the research was to analyze the configurational aspects of intentional homicide cases that occurred in the city of Maceió (AL) between the years 2015 and 2017. The proposed methodological design consisted of a descriptive and exploratory study with a quantitative approach, based on data provided by the Civil and Military Police of the state of Alagoas and the State Secretariat for Resocialization and Social Inclusion It was found that: homicides recorded during the aforementioned period were more frequent on weekends, during nighttime hours; Public streets were the main locations for the occurrence of these crimes, with qualitative differences associated with the victim's gender; The dynamics of criminality were described as the main motivating factor for the analyzed cases; The profiles of the victim and the aggressor show similarities in terms of gender, race, age group, and education level; Both findings corroborate those of national and international studies. The need for specialized long-term studies was also highlighted in order to identify the conditions that contribute to the sustainability of the homicide configurations identified and described in the present study.