MACHISMO IN THE DOCK – A CRITICAL FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF BRAZILIAN CRIMINAL POLICY CONCERNING THE COMBAT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Authors

  • Clara Maria Roman Borges UFPR
  • Guilherme Brenner Lucchesi UFPR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v60i3.41788

Keywords:

Feminism. Gender-based violence. Maria da Penha Act. Femicide. Criminalization.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to critically analyze the feminist discourse that led to the recent enactment of Brazilian laws that increased the penalties for violence against women, in order to demonstrate that they cannot escape the cognitive traps established by male domination naturalized in Western societies and how they have served the development of neoliberal biopolitics.

Author Biographies

Clara Maria Roman Borges, UFPR

Professora Associada de Direito Processual Penal no Curso de Graduação e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Universidade Federal do Paraná. Professora de Direito Processual Penal na Universidade Positivo. Mestra e Doutora em Direito pela Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Guilherme Brenner Lucchesi, UFPR

Doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da UFPR. Master of Laws (LL.M.) pela Cornell Law School (EUA). Especialista em Direito Penal e Criminologia pelo Instituto de Criminologia e Política Criminal. Professor Substituto do Núcleo de Prática Jurídica da UFPR. Advogado em Curitiba/PR. Habilitado para o exercício profissional da advocacia no estado de Nova York (EUA)

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Published

2015-07-20

How to Cite

Roman Borges, C. M., & Lucchesi, G. B. (2015). MACHISMO IN THE DOCK – A CRITICAL FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF BRAZILIAN CRIMINAL POLICY CONCERNING THE COMBAT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito UFPR, 60(3), 217–277. https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v60i3.41788

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 3 (2015)

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