A efetividade da lei nº 11.340/06 (lei Maria da Penha) no município de Marabá

Abstract

Domestic violence in Brazil has never been commented as today. This whole discussion around the subject brought more information to women, encouraging them to position themselves in a social setting in which all now have constitutional rights protected and infraconstitucionalmente. The Maria da Penha Law came amid the need to protect a vulnerable class of the society. However, with over six years of the Act the rates of domestic violence are still very expressive. The northern region is known for the high number of statistics of violence of all kinds, and because the city of Maraba find themselves in exactly this region the numbers of domestic violence are not small, despite the lack of research in this direction, we have the dimension before the daily news of homicides against women perpetrated by husbands, ex-husbands, boyfriends or ex-boyfriends. Given the importance of reversing this sad reality, this study aims to verify the effectiveness of the Maria da Penha Law in the city of Maraba.