Marital Violence: Challenges and Proposals for the Application of “Maria da Penha” Law

Authors

  • Mirian Beccheri Cortez Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
  • Guilherme Vargas Cruz Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
  • Lídio de Souza Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Keywords:

Marital violence, Gender, Middle class, Public policies.

Abstract

We analyse the discourse of one middle-class couple, divorced due to the husband’s threats to the life of his spouse, aiming at investigating their affective and familiar dynamic, their experiences of marital violence (conflict motivations, and consequences of the complaint at a Women’s Police Station), their concepts of gender, violence and relationship. Based on this case, we discuss relevant issues for the applicability of the “Maria da Penha” Law. Data were obtained using individual semi-structured interviews and were subjected to phenomenological analysis. The results indicate facilitating factors for conflicts between the couple (wife’s labour license, excessive alcohol consumption by the husband, and his father’s death); they also present some existing challenges to improve the effectiveness of the “Maria da Penha” Law and the importance of the democratic management on the construction of public policies to face gender violence.

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Author Biographies

Mirian Beccheri Cortez, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Psicóloga, Mestre em Psicologia, aluna de doutorado do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia (PPGP) Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória/ES, Brasil

Guilherme Vargas Cruz, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

 Aluno do curso de Graduação em Psicologia, Univer-sidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória/ES, Brasil.

Lídio de Souza, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Doutor em Psicologia, professor do Departamento de Psicologia Social e do Desenvolvimento (DPSD) e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia (PPGP), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória/ES, Brasil.

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Published

2014-02-11

How to Cite

Cortez, M. B., Cruz, G. V., & Souza, L. de. (2014). Marital Violence: Challenges and Proposals for the Application of “Maria da Penha” Law. Psico, 44(4), 499–507. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/11542

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Vol. 44 No. 4 (2013)

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