Unveiling violence at home against children and adolescents under the view of law professionals in the municipality of Jardinópolis-SP, Brazil

Authors

  • Eliana Mendes de Souza Teixeira Roque Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo
  • Maria das Graças Carvalho Ferriani Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692002000300008

Keywords:

mistreated child, adolescent, family violence, violence at home, criminal justice

Abstract

Using a grounded qualitative and considering it as capable of expanding the complexity of phenomena, facts, particular and specific processes concerning groups fairly delimitated in extension and that can be intensively affected, this article aims at identifying and analyzing the perceptions of law professionals (prosecutors, prosecution assistants, judicial deputies and judges) concerning the aspects triggering violence against children and adolescents at home. The study was conducted at the Forum of the Municipality of Jardinópolis.- SP, Brazil The results were obtained by means of content analysis, thematic modality. Law professionals attribute the aspects that trigger violence at home to the lack of family structure, precarious social and economic conditions, unstable marriages, mental disorder, alcoholism as well as to the lack of social policies to meet social demands.

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Published

2002-06-01

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2002)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Unveiling violence at home against children and adolescents under the view of law professionals in the municipality of Jardinópolis-SP, Brazil. (2002). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 10(3), 334-344. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692002000300008