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- Title
Da Paixão ao Crime: uma Espacialização da Violência contra as Mulheres em Rio Grande - RS.
- Authors
Cardoso Lopes, Marilia; Veleda da Silva, Susana Maria
- Abstract
In this research, we focus on gender violence according to the perspective of feminist geography in a local scale - the city of Rio Grande (RS), Brazil. Violence against women appears as one of the most complex issues to be faced by society nowadays, and our questionings seek to explain it from the perspective of characterization and spatial distribution. The methodology used consisted of data collection in the Specialized Police Service to Women (DEAM), from police reports that showed women victims of intimate partners or former partners, in the period comprehended in the months of May, June and July 2010. We found that gender violence is widespread throughout the city of Rio Grande, and its types are the most diverse possible. Although most of the records has been made by people with low education and residents of low-income profile localities, we cannot infer that the violence against women affects only victims with these characteristics. It is necessary to consider that with a greater autonomy, it is easier to leave a violent relationship. Even in this short period analysis, we find victims of all ages, colors and different levels of learning.
- Subjects
RIO Grande (Brazil); BRAZIL; VIOLENCE against women; DOMESTIC violence; INTIMATE partner violence; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
- Publication
Revista Latinoamericana de Geografia e Gênero, 2013, Vol 4, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
2177-2886
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5212/rlagg.v.4.i1.3065