Violência contra a mulher e as políticas públicas de contenção no Estado da Paraíba.

Abstract

This research aimed to map the profile of female homicides in the State of Paraíba, occurred from 2003 to 2013 as well as to verify the relationship with the containment policies of violence against women implemented in the state. It has been used a quantitative approach to assess the deaths of women who were victims of assault, through data obtained from the mortality information system of the Ministry of Health. Deaths from assault have been used as a proxy to analyze violence against women since there is no reliable and affordable database on cases of non-lethal violence. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the profile of women who died of assault in the state of Paraíba between 2003 and 2013, and such victims were predominantly black and brown colored, aged between 20 and 39 years, with a low education level and not married. Most crimes happen in public roads and domiciles. The most commonly used objects were firearms, sharp objects and penetrating objects. After investigating historical data on crime against women in Paraíba, it was realized that there was an increase in deaths due to assaults by the year of 2011. When evaluating the impact of state actions in the frequency of homicides against women, it was found that, with the expansion of public policies, especially after the year of 2011, there was a statistical stabilization in the number of female deaths as a result of violence, with a reduction of it starting in 2012. Given the diversity of areas involved in coping with policies related to violence against women, we have chosen those ones related to public security, mainly those actions from the Police Departments of Specialized Care to Women, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and Courts for Domestic and Family Violence against Women. It has been verified the importance of the role of these institutions, but it has also been verified the lack of statistical data on the investigations and the lawsuits. Knowing the numbers of lawsuits in the Police Departments of Specialized Care to Women, and also knowing the number of nvestigations of murders involving women, the social and economic profile of the victim and aggressor, the outcomes of these investigations in the Public Prosecutor’s Office and in the Judiciary System would bring important information which may allow to evaluate the results of the implemented policies, thus enabling a better planning, targeting and monitoring of such policies.