THE CRIME OF STALKING AND THE PRACTICE OF DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Abstract

The objective of this scientific research is to address the practice of stalking and its repercussions in the context of domestic and family violence against women. In this context, stalking is understood as a form of persecution and monitoring, in which the perpetrator invades the victim's sphere of privacy and intimacy, constantly threatening her. Based on these assumptions, scholars, jurists and scholars have begun to question whether the crime of stalking could be considered a form of domestic and family violence against women. Based on these assumptions of analysis, it is consistent with the position that the crime of stalking should be treated as a form of domestic and family violence against women and is punishable based on the assumptions contained in the Maria da Penha Law (Law No. 11,340/06). Furthermore, due to the constant technological development in the social sphere, it is necessary to promote new public policies and more comprehensive legislation to address the crime of stalking, so that appropriate and fair punishments can be imposed. Regarding the methodology adopted in this scientific article, emphasis is placed on the use of bibliographic, doctrinal and jurisprudential instruments, given that the topic under discussion is predominantly theoretical and has qualitative criteria.