Para além da maldade, da loucura e da vitimização: agência intencional e volição em crimes violentos praticados por mulheres

José Luiz Ratton; Clarissa Galvão

doi:10.15448/1984-7289.2016.1.22365

Authors

José Luiz Ratton Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Clarissa Galvão Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2016.1.22365

Keywords:

Violence committed by women. Victimization. Psychiatrization. Volition. Agency.

Abstract

The criminological literature has shown for many years that women kill far less frequently than men. The central argument of this paper suggests that the murders committed by women cannot be explained deterministically by mental disorders or victimization processes, old or recent. Without excluding the possibility of the existence of such psychosocial mechanisms, we discuss the idea that women also kill deliberately, in acts involving the will (or volition), intentionality,rationality and emotions like anger and hatred that may be associated in a relatively autonomous way with remote or recent victimization processes and even with mental disorders, be they permanent or temporary.

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Author Biographies

José Luiz Ratton, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Professor e Pesquisador do Departamento de Sociologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia da UFPE
Pesquisador visitante no Centro de Estudos e Documentação Latino-americanos, Amsterdã

Coordenador do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Criminalidade, Violência e Políticas Públicas de Segurança (NEPS-UFPE)

Clarissa Galvão, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Doutora em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

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