DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: LEGISLATION AND ACTIONS IN THE STATE OF PERNAMBUCO, NORTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN STATE

Abstract

The present study aims to study the governmental protection of domestic and family violence in the State of Pernambuco. Historically the Brazilian legislation had several devices of negative discrimination of the woman as the institute of the legitimate defense of the honor. Domestic assaults, often legitimized by the state, became unsustainable after the various feminist movements, the intervention of international organizations, the Federal Constitution of 1988 and the human rights treaties that Brazil became a signatory. All these factors have altered the thinking structure that is reflected in the legislative production and governmental actions that protect domestic violence with mechanisms of punishment and violence prevention. A major milestone was the creation of Law 11.340 / 2006, Lei Maria da Penha, which criminalized and identified some categories of domestic violence as domestic and family violence against women, Physical violence, Psychological violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Moral violence. Law 11.340 / 2006, besides the classification of violence, also instituted punitive mechanisms, the implementation of educational actions and the promotion of studies and research, statistics. According to the statistics in the state of Pernambuco, there was an increase in notifications of cases of domestic and domestic violence. We understand that the increase in notifications not only means raising awareness of the crimes that are typified as domestic violence, but also the increased demand of victims for the protection of the State. In Pernambuco besides punitive actions we find the adoption of public policies in an integrated way between the Executive, Legislative, Judiciary and organized civil society.