MENDES, K. D.; MENDES, Kamila Dantas.
Abstract:
The aging of the population is a reality worldwide, the growth of the elderly population has been growing potentially, and it is also a Brazilian reality. It is necessary to position ourselves in the face of the various types of disrespect practiced in the face of the elderly, with a special focus on violence against them, which is the greatest challenge to be faced. In this sense, the present study aims to analyze the contribution and applicability of the Elderly Statute in the fight against crimes of violence in old age, starting from the following problematic: does the Brazilian legal system provide any special protection to the elderly victims of violence? And as a hypothesis, it must be said that, given that the Constitution itself contemplates the subject, albeit superficially, but that it has made possible the concretization of a specific legal instrument for guardianship, whose positivation of rights and guarantees for the elderly occurs through of Law n ° 10.741 / 03, known as the Statute of the Elderly. For that, we make use of documentary and bibliographic research, as research techniques. As well as the hermeneutic-juridical and exploratory method, as a method of approach. As methods of procedure, the comparative and historical-evolutionary study is used. Given the above, the work demonstrates that the law as a specific instrument to protect the elderly population fulfills its objective, shows that the ineffectiveness of the fight against violence to the elderly lies in the lack of denunciation and control of society, family and state, institutions solidarity in the care of the elderly.
