PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MARIA DA PENHA LAW: ANALYSIS OF PROTECTION MECHANISMS FOR WOMEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE

Abstract

The main question of this scientific article is to verify “which are the reasons and factors that do not actually favor the decrease in crimes against women in recent years, even with the implementation of the Maria da Penha Law in Brazil?” Furthermore, we seek to verify what may be the influencing reasons for criminal actions and, consequently, the non-minimization of this type of crime that affects society. Thus, it will be possible to enter into the existing interdisciplinarity that corroborates the difficulties faced both by public, judicial and public security bodies, as well as by the health and social assistance sectors, which are in constant search to guarantee means that can be favorable in protecting the integrity of victims of domestic and family violence crimes. Therefore, it appears that even with the advent of the Maria da Penha Law, there was not the expected decrease in crimes against women and, as a result, this justification for the continuity of existing violence is due to the persistence of varied factors, among them, cultural, structural and institutional ones. It is important to highlight the facts that lead to the perpetrators' recurrence, and which are linked to various situations and causes, for example, possible financial dependence of the woman on the aggressor, history of violence in the environment in which the aggressor grew up and lives, in addition to problems related to mental health, addiction and involvement in drug trafficking and other crimes and, mainly, impunity.