Elderly Women’s Leading Role in Reporting Violence: A Grounded Theory
Daniela Garcia Damaceno,
Miriam Fernanda Sanches Alarcon,
Mara Quaglio Chirelli
et al.
Abstract:Objective: to interpret the experience of empowering elderly women to report domestic violence and develop a theoretical model that explains it. Method: a qualitative study, carried out using Grounded Theory. Between February 2018 and January 2020, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 elderly women who filed police reports. Also, nine professionals working at the Women’s Defense Station of the Civil Police of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, located in a medium-sized city in the countryside of Sã… Show more
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