STATE INTERVENTION AND COMBATING DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Abstract

This research focuses on the Maria da Penha Law, Law No. 11.340, of August 7, 2006, as a tool to combat family and domestic violence against women and realization of the principle of equality. From the principle of equality, the current set of rules in the Brazilian state has commands to combat physical and sexual abuse that underpin domestic and family violence against women. Therefore, in accordance with Article 226, § 8 of the Federal Constitution of 1988 came the Maria da Penha Law. In order to bring mechanisms to combat domestic violence against women in the family, this standard aims to enable the State has a more present role and energetic, with regard to the avoidance of such violence. The problem that based this study was: What are the main intervention strategies and combating domestic violence against women by the Government are set out in Law Maria da Penha aimed at deterrence of such violence and realization of the principle of equality? The overall objective of the research was to investigate what are the main strategies of state intervention and combating domestic violence against women have been used by the Government aimed at deterrence of such violence. In developing the research methodology was used as a bibliographic compilation, with descriptive, analytical and explanatory approaches.