A violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher sob a ótica dos profissionais de segurança pública.

Abstract

Domestic and family violence against women is one of the social problems pointed in Brazil; especially by the feminist groups starting from 1970 and 1980. These groups made this kind of violence public because until that it was seen as a problem of private forum and consequently they mobilized the creation of several institutional mechanisms so that the process of criminalization of violent actions of this nature could be possible. As a result of social pressures, Law 11,340 / 06, popularly known as Maria da Penha’s Law, was promulgated aiming to prevent and restrain this problem. Nevertheless, this mechanism by itself doesn’t guarantee that the purpose for which it was created and intended is achieved successfully. Facing this, the adequate performance of professionals in specialized or non-specialized service institutions which care for women is seen as of major importance for the effectiveness of the law. Therefore, we set out to carry out this research with the main objective of understanding the perception that the public security professionals, who work at non-specialized police stations in the Western part of Cariri in the State of Paraiba, had regarding to this type of violence. For this, using the triangulation process, we analyzed the police reports in one police station and the police inquiries in another police station, both in the period from 2011 to 2016. In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted with precinct chiefs and investigation agents, as well as with women who were assisted by these professionals. Thus, through the analysis of the data, it was possible to perceive that when elaborating about this matter, the referred professionals resort to two discursive matrices: patriarchalism and the legitimate monopoly of violence.