THE MARIA DA PENHA LAW AS PUBLIC POLICY ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE

Abstract

This study focuses the analysis of a Public Policy
coping with women victims of violence and the
applicability of the “Maria da Penha” Law
1.340/2006. Searching for public policies facing
domestic violence against women, our research
aims at understanding the elaboration of this
public policy, its demands for action and any
other public policy as of the Maria da Penha Law
consolidation and its unfold at Taquara and
Rolante Municipalities in the State of Rio Grande
do Sul - Brazil.
For a more critical approach and with a specific
focus on the theme, it was identified and mapped
the applicability ways of the Maria da Penha
Law in the municipalities selected for this
research, its application by the bodies responsible
for the assistance to the women in violence
situation. For this, we raised the number of
domestic violence against women recorded at the
Civil Police Station in the two towns, with focus
on the crimes of Maria da Penha Law. It
confirmed the importance of this study as the
ground for future researches which, focusing
different areas of knowledge may deepen the
thematic addressed here.