Violência doméstica e a Lei Maria da Penha: perfil das agressões sofridas por mulheres abrigadas em unidade social de proteção

Abstract

Resumo (71,7%, p=0,862), desenvolvem trabalho manual (41,5%, p=0,976), consomem álcool (86,8%, p=0,814), drogas ilícitas (54,7%, p=0,249) e cigarro (54,7%, p=0,931). Após a implantação da LMP, os agressores possuem mais antecedentes criminais (58,5%, p=0,000); a agressão tem ocorrido mais de uma vez, com maior número de denúncias e número de boletim de ocorrência, sendo o uso de substâncias psicoativas (22,6%, p=0,032) ou ciúme (18,9%, p=0,032) o fator desencadeante através de força física (45,3%, p=0,619), representada em hematomas (13,2%, p=0,726) ou não deixando marcas perceptíveis (22,6%, p=0,726) localizadas na cabeça, rosto e pescoço (28,3%, p=0,031

Violence against women: caracteristics of head and neck injuries

“…These data are in agreement with other studies [5][6]8,[14][15][17][18][19][20] , in which the authors also encounter younger age groups and similar average ages.…”

“…As for marital status, the present study noted a large number of single women being attacked (54.69%), followed by married women (25.13%), in agreement with some of the literature [6][7]15,17 . Some variations in respect of results found in other works 8,18,20,[22][23] may be down to the fact that many women who claim to be single, married or divorced, are actually just partners, cohabiting in a so-called common law marriage, without any legal form.…”

“…This subject deserves greater visibility and further analysis, in order to guarantee legislative protection to the members of all family nuclei who find themselves in vulnerable situations 24 . In terms of the victim's occupation, the highest assault rates were observed amongst housewives (24.49%), students (9.6%) and domestic employees (10.68%), which brings us in line with other studies 9,15,22,[25][26] and also infers that there is an inversely proportional relationship between a woman's income and the occurrence of violence 18 . For those women financially dependent on their partners, punishing the offender also results in the victim being punished, and they end up not making an accusation in the fear that they would be left unsupported, so they elect to put up with the abuse and cover up for their attackers 17 .…”

“…A study carried out in the Brazilian state of Ceará compared cases of gender violence that occurred in the period between 2001 and 2012 and sought to find evidence of differences between the period before the proclamation of the Maria da Penha law, and afterwards. The study revealed that the profile of women victims in Ceará remained flat over the years, but found an increase in the number of accusations and incident reports after the law, including the different types of gender violence, reducing the percentage of women who remained silent faced with the situation of the aggression suffered 15 . In the future, continuous projects to monitor these data must be carried out, however with the following caveat: the increase in the number of cases may not signify an increase in aggression, but rather accusations by victims as a consequence of women's increasing awareness of their rights and protective measures.…”

“…Of these, the most common was a tooth fracture, which occurred in 50% of tooth injuries and the element most frequently affected was the upper central incisor (41.67%). Note: b As in some cases the aggression affected more than one tooth, the number of people with alveolus-dental involvement (15) was different from the number of injured teeth (24).…”