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Beyond institutional silence: How social representations and psychological capital shape police responses to femicide in Brazil

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Volume 26, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract This study investigates how social representations, organizational silence, and psychological capital (PsyCap) interact to shape police responses to femicide within the Civil Police of Bahia, Brazil. A qualitative approach was adopted, based on 32 semi‐structured interviews with civil police officers and the analysis of 286 institutional ...
Ana Carla Teixeira de Carvalho Ladeia, Lindomar Pinto da Silva, Diego da Silva Santos, Maria Elisa Huber Pessina   +3 more
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Facing Domestic Violence Against Women in Brazil: Advances and Challenges

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2018
This article aims to offer a critical overview of the Brazilian legal framework for confronting domestic violence against women. Intimate partner homicides are epidemic in Brazil: there are four deaths of women per day.
Thiago Pierobom de Avila
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Records covered under the maria da penha law by the military police in border areas / Registros enquadrados na lei maria da penha realizados pela brigada militar em área de fronteira

Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 2021
OBJETIVO:caracterizar os atendimentos efetuados pela Brigada Militar do 1º Batalhão de Policiamento de Área de Fronteira (1º BPAF) enquadrados como violência contra a mulher na Lei Maria da Penha.
Madeline Mazuí Guterres Suarez Mazuí, Marcia Adriana Poll, Cenir Gonçalves Tier, Letice Dalla Lana   +3 more
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Feministas ressignificando o direito: desafios para aprovação da Lei Maria da Penha / Feminists and the ressignification of law: challenges for the approval of the Maria da Penha Law

Revista Direito e Práxis, 2017
DOI: 10.12957/dep.2017.27767Resumo Este artigo pretende refletir sobre a trajetória dos movimentos feministas no Brasil na aprovação da Lei Maria Penha. Foram analisados os documentos que compõem o processo legislativo de aprovação da lei, assim como textos de autoria das advogadas e organizações feministas envolvidas na sua elaboração.
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Wood anatomical trait correlations with hydraulic efficiency and safety in an aseasonal wet tropical forest

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 2701-2717, August 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Xylem anatomy underpins the capacity of trees to transport water while avoiding hydraulic failure, shaping species performance and resilience to climate change. However, the specific ways anatomical traits underpin hydraulic trade‐offs in tropical forests remain debated.
Julia Valentim Tavares, Samuel L. Farrar, Chris M. Smith‐Martin, Silvia Bibbo, Kasia Ziemińska, Farah Brenda Solis Petz, María Uriarte, Jess K. Zimmerman, Robert Muscarella   +8 more
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Da delegacia da mulher à Lei Maria da Penha: Absorção/tradução de demandas feministas pelo Estado

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2010
This article examines the responses of the State to feminist demands to combat domestic violence against women in Brazil since the mid-1980s. Three periods of institutional change are identified which have directly or indirectly shaped and reflected the ...
Cecília MacDowell Santos
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Maria da Penha Law, multidisciplinary team and protective measures

, 2018
The role of the Multidisciplinary assistance team in the execution of protective measures foreseen in Maria da Penha's law, which creates means to prevent domestic and in-house violence against women, is investigated. The team is composed of social workers and psychologists.
Coimbra, José, Ricciardi, Levy
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Multifactorial Screening for Fine‐Scale Selection of CCS Industrial Clusters and Hubs in Brazil

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 364-395, June 2026.
ABSTRACT As Brazil moves toward implementing its decarbonization commitments, carbon capture and storage (CCS) hubs are emerging as a key pathway for large‐scale CO2 abatement in hard‐to‐abate sectors. This paper presents a multifactorial, data‐driven framework to screen and prioritize potential CCS industrial clusters and hubs across Brazilian regions,
Gustavo P. Oliveira, Beatriz R. Almeida, Thiago R. C. Justino, Carlos A. S. Santos, Alex A. Santos, Fabiana Philipi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A mulher lésbica é mulher para a Lei Maria da Penha? / Is the lesbian woman a woman for Maria da Penha Law?

, 2022
DOI: 10.1590/2179-8966/2022/66798ResumoTrata-se de estudo sobre o enquadramento que o Judiciário de Minas Gerais produz para relações homossexuais entre mulheres para fins de proteção de situações de violência doméstica. A partir de aportes feministas e queer, sobretudo da criminologia, localizamos as bases históricas e teóricas do debate sobre ...
de Moura, Samantha Nagle Cunha, Ramos, Marcelo Maciel   +1 more
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Family Policies in Brazil: Continuity and Change in the Recent Democratic Era

Social Policy &Administration, Volume 59, Issue 6, Page 1042-1054, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The article identifies five key moments in Brazil's recent history related to family policies mapping both the continuities and changes in the last 30 years, as well as the possibility that policies may coexist in ways that either strengthen or weaken familialism and gender stereotypes.
Natália Sátyro, Eleonora Schettini Martins Cunha, Gabriel Pereira Penna Andrade   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source