Title: Comparative analysis of four Brazilian laws against domestic violence

Authors: Chiara Da Silva Simões; Adriana De Almeida Lima; Erivaldo Cavalcanti e Silva Filho; Daniel Nascimento-e-Silva

Addresses: Lutheran University Center of Manaus, Avenida Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Conjunto Atílio Andreazza, 1460, Japiim, 69077-730 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil ' Amazonas State University, Avenida Djalma Batista, 3578 – Flores, 69050-010 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil ' Amazonas State University, Rua Ajuricaba, 687 – Cachoeirinha, 69010-973 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil ' Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas – Campus Manaus Distrito Industrial, Avenida Governador Danilo de Matos Areosa, 1731, Distrito Industrial, 69075-351 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Abstract: This study analyses four Brazilian laws against domestic violence. It used the conceptual bibliographic method. It had as units of analysis, the laws Maria da Penha, Feminicide, the Statute of the Elderly, and Child and Adolescent Statute. We collected and organised the data around the presentation of the causes of violence. It includes the law intends to curb, forms of prevention, and treatments given to those who commit the transgression, interpreted with semantic analysis and the results presented in a synthesiser table. The results showed that the Maria da Penha Law presents the types, forms of prevention, and treatment of the violence suffered; the Femicide Law only provided treatment; the Statutes of the Elderly and Children and Adolescents did not present the causes on rights to indicate prevention and treatment. The conclusion shows that the structure of Brazilian laws does not allow full comprehension by ordinary citizens.

Keywords: domestic violence; types of domestic violence; causes of domestic violence; literature revision; conceptual bibliographic method.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPLAP.2021.115937

International Journal of Public Law and Policy, 2021 Vol.7 No.2, pp.134 - 149

Received: 18 Dec 2020
Accepted: 12 Feb 2021
Published online: 05 Jul 2021 *

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