Centros de educação e reabilitação de agressores na lei Maria da Penha

Abstract

This paper discusses the relevance of public policies provided for in Maria da Penha's Act, mainly the Aggressor's Education and Rehabilitation Centers, as a way of respect to the human dignity principle and also an alternative to help stopping domestic violence against women. This alternative is justified by gender's violence nature, which is influenced by, among other causes, patriarchal culture in complex modern society, and can be changed through educational and cultural actions that discuss the relevance of building a supportive and cooperative society, in which everyone's dignity is respected no matter its ethnicity, sex, social class, gender or sexual orientation. Literature and documental review were performed in this research, about gender violence, feminism and criminology, domestic violence against women, prison and human dignity, and think tank groups, to develop a critical analysis. Statistic data on domestic and family violence was collected within police reports in Novo Hamburgo's Women Specialized Police Department, from January 2011 to December 2012, about specific information on domestic violence: number of police reports, number of protective measures ordered, type of crime, relationship with the aggressor, and police reports before imprisonment. The relevance of multidisciplinary therapeutical treatment of aggressors in Aggressors' Education and Rehabilitation Centers already provided for in Maria da Penha's Act, in article 45 has been discussed in this paper, as an alternative to imprisonment and also a way to respect human dignity principle.