A eficácia da Lei Maria da Penha no combate à violência doméstica contra a mulher.

Abstract

Maria da Penha Law has been created in order to support and protect women from all kinds of violence, seeking actions and mechanisms that aim to stop gender-based violence. This way, from the need to stop this type of crime and in order to make it really effective, public policies to combat domestic violence against women have been set up, which expanded and introduced specialized services for women victims of violence. This work aims to analyze in the academic context, the discussion of this law toward the social reality in the daily life of the contemporary society. Maria da Penha Law, besides the punishment for the aggressor, aims for the adoption of public policies for the prevention of domestic violence, giving the necessary assistance to the victim, to the offender and their dependents. The technique used is the bibliographical research, thus, critical reading and critical analysis have been carried out based on doctrines, articles and jurisprudence which are related to the subject. Although this is a historical and cultural issue, the need to eradicate domestic violence against women is unquestionable. This way, despite some progress after the implementation of Maria da Penha Law, it was still necessary to adopt measures to make it really effective. Therefore, through public policies, criminalization mechanisms for the aggressor and integrated measures have been adopted, aiming for the prevention, protection and assistance to women in situations of violence.