Private Conflicts, Public Powers: Domestic Violence in the Courts in Latin America

Macaulay, Fiona

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“…Given the centrality of social exclusion, territoriality and spatial inequalities to the issue, social geographers, and particularly feminist social geographers, may seem well placed to contribute to this field. Feminists have challenged maledominated interpretations of what constitutes violence and shown how, for example, legal interpretations have set the boundaries of acceptable behaviour (Macaulay 2005). In relation to Brazil, the implicit focus of work on gangs and urban violence has remained on young men (Dowdney 2003; for discussion see Wilding 2010) and/or the impact of this violence on the elite and middleclass areas of the city (Caldeira and Holston 1999; for discussion see Garmany 2011).…”

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Gendered meanings and everyday experiences of violence in urban Brazil

Wilding

2013

Gender, Place & Culture

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Violent acts are not random, but are infused with meaning: those intended by the perpetrators and those ascribed by others. This article explores how dominant gangs in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro attempt to manipulate the meanings of violence to maintain their control of territory, presenting themselves as protectors of the community. Gangs impose violent punishment on residents who have breached their rules and behavioural norms. The messages they send out regarding the (un) acceptability of violence against women is highly ambiguous, however, which reduces women's options and increases levels of insecurity. Despite the ambiguity and unpredictability of gang rule, residents refrain from challenging gang control, preferring to moderate their own daily routines as a means to feel secure in the face of high levels of insecurity.

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Gendered meanings and everyday experiences of violence in urban Brazil

Wilding

2013

Gender, Place & Culture

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“…Conversely, as long as perpetrators operate within the established 'rules of engagement', perhaps in providing discipline, or only committing violent acts in response to sufficiently serious misdemeanours, or perhaps in response to challenges to rules or honour, as long as they do not overstep the corresponding level of severity, then their violence, even when frequent, may be accepted or at least tolerated. Nevertheless, for the victim, the repetitive nature of some non-fatal violence, as exemplified by intimate partner violence, reinforces its power to control and instil fear (Macaulay 2005).…”

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“…5 For example, the cumulative nature of domestic violence tends to reduce women's agency and self-confidence if they wish to denounce their partners. Domestic violence does not tend to be a one-off occurrence and therefore it should not be treated by the courts as a singular offence (Macaulay 2005). 6 For example, five girls (out of ten) said that the last violent incident they had witnessed had been of domestic violence.…”

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Negotiating Boundaries

Wilding¹

2012

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Series editors: Johanna Kantola, University of Helsinki, Finland and Judith Squires, University of Bristol, UK This timely new series publishes leading monographs and edited collections from scholars working in the disciplinary areas of politics, international relations and public policy with specific reference to questions of gender. The series showcases cutting-edge research in Gender and Politics, publishing topical and innovative approaches to gender politics. It will include exciting work from new authors and well-known academics and will also publish high-impact writings by practitioners working in issues relating to gender and politics.The series covers politics, international relations and public policy, including gendered engagement with mainstream political science issues, such as political systems and policymaking, representation and participation, citizenship and identity, equality, and women's movements; gender and international relations, including feminist approaches to international institutions, political economy and global politics; and interdisciplinary and emergent areas of study, such as masculinities studies, gender and multiculturalism, and intersectionality.

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“…Different governments in Brazil, during the 1970's, converted international agreements to local legislation, by understanding it as political issue for public policies, including the political defense of women and criminalization of violence against them. The process to incorporate these instruments faced a long period of disputes; the 2000's was a historical moment when violence against women drove the agenda in the country (Macaulay, 2005;Campos, 2003) There was contrast between the increase in female homicide cases in Brazil and the nature of the proposals to fight this crime. Most proposals only addressed violence in generic terms, without conceiving the killing of women as part of a process of unsignifying women lives (Angotti & Vieira, 2020, pp.…”

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Criminal reaction to Women murdering in Latin America in 21st century

Ferreira Baptista

2023

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The objective of this study is to understand the specific criminal type known as murder of a woman for reasons of gender, based on a comparative analysis of its legal scope across Latin American legislations between 2007 and 2020, taking the Brazilian system as the starting point. Feminicide and femicide were the two main terms analysed here; each displays its own conceptual, legal and political means in its application and the struggles associated with its use. The methodology focused on developing a comparative study of women's rights based on what is protected and why, what is criminalised and condemned, and whether these rights are only informed by penal perspectives or refer to mainstream laws to reduce criminality. The analysed period (2007-2020) is divided into three moments and parsed from a criminal policy perspective, considering in particular the penalties and the coordination with other programs and mainstream policies to combat gender-based violence. In general, legislations opt for purely criminal-law measures without the necessary synergy with further programs, without consistency in the meaning of the terms adopted, and with difficulties to determine the offenders’ sex. We conclude that the general tendency in Latin America is one which uses feminicide/feminicide without clear and cohesive criteria in the provisions of the Criminal Codes and lacks coordination with general programs and laws on gender-based violence. Finally, the scope of legal protection is generally limited to "woman" in a biological dimension.

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Private Conflicts, Public Powers: Domestic Violence in the Courts in Latin America

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Gendered meanings and everyday experiences of violence in urban Brazil

Gendered meanings and everyday experiences of violence in urban Brazil

Negotiating Boundaries

Criminal reaction to Women murdering in Latin America in 21st century

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