A relevância da palavra da vítima nos processos originados pela violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher.

Abstract

The present monographic work has as subject the relevance of the victims word in the processes originated by domestic and familiar violence against women, having as objective to study the importance of the offended part testimony as a proof in the search of real truth in the brazilian criminal persecution. It is intended, by the light of articles, doctrine and jurisprudential stances of the Rio Grande do Sul Justice Court’s Criminal Chambers, to analyse, discuss and present the problems regarding this kind of violence which usually occurs by the lack of witnesses or any other kind of proof that can be complacent to the victims word, with special focus to the valuation which is attributed to it’s word, both in an isolated way or by the proof combined. To do so the bibliographical research method was adopted. The theme choice originated by the assumption that the victim of domestic and familiar violence against women became a social and public health problem, which afflicts a large number of braziliam women, whose violation happen by any kind of intimate relation, in which the aggressor live or lived with the offended, independendtly of cohabitation. It is seeked, thus, to analyse in detail the concepts of domestic and familiar vilence against women, the fight for this kind of violence erradication, both in the national and international scope, priorizing to demonstrate the Maria da Penha case. It is also aimed to discuss proofs on criminal persecution with no discrimination to women and in search of isonomy between men and woman in terms of violence.