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Crenças de advogados/as face à criminalidade feminina
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Abstract(s)
As atitudes dos/as advogados/as desempenham um papel fulcral na defesa das mulheres
ofensoras. O presente estudo tem como principal objetivo analisar as atitudes dos/as
advogados/as face à criminalidade feminina, averiguando também se existem diferenças entre
o sexo, a idade e os anos de experiência profissional dos/as participantes. Para tal, foi
administrado o Questionário Atitudes sobre o Crime Feminino – ACF, de Caridade e Nunes
(2013), o qual tem como objetivo analisar as atitudes sobre o crime praticado no feminino numa
amostra constituída por 92 participantes, com idades compreendidas entre os 23 e os 71 anos,
sendo que 35 participantes eram do sexo masculino e 57 do sexo feminino. Os resultados
demonstraram que as atitudes dos/as advogados/as foram tendencialmente discordantes com
ideias relacionadas com o estado mental no momento do crime, com a vitimação da ofensora,
tipologia, gravidade e violência dos crimes, reincidência criminal, consumo de substâncias e o
papel da mulher ofensora na justiça, no entanto, os/as participantes demonstraram deter atitudes
neutras em questões relacionadas com a atuação das forças de segurança e crimes sexuais.
Foram encontradas diferenças nas atitudes dos/as advogados/as face à criminalidade feminina
relativamente à variável sociodemográfica sexo, assim como correlações estatisticamente
significativas entre a idade e os anos de experiência profissional. Estes resultados evidenciaram
a importância do papel de um/a advogado/a ao longo do processo judicial, nomeadamente nas
crenças que detêm enquanto defensores/as, assim como a insuficiência de conhecimento
científico sobre um tema tão importante e emergente como a criminalidade feminina.
The attitudes of lawyers play a central role in the defense of women offenders. The main purpose of this study is to analyze lawyers' attitudes towards female criminality, and to find out if there are differences between gender, age, and years of professional experience of the participants. To this end, the Attitudes about Female Crime Questionnaire - ACF by Caridade and Nunes (2013) was administered, which aims to analyze attitudes about crime committed by females in a sample consisting of 92 participants, aged between 23 and 71 years, with 35 participants being male and 57 female. The results showed that the attitudes of the lawyers tended to disagree with ideas related to the mental state at the time of the crime, the victimization of the offender, the type, severity, and violence of the crimes, criminal recidivism, substance abuse, and the role of the female offender in justice; however, the participants showed neutral attitudes on issues related to the actions of the security forces and sexual crimes. Differences in lawyers' attitudes towards female criminality were found with regard to the sociodemographic variable gender, as well as statistically significant correlations between age and years of professional experience. These results highlighted the importance of the role of a lawyer throughout the judicial process, particularly in the beliefs they hold as defenders, as well as the insufficiency of scientific knowledge on such an important and emerging topic as female criminality.
The attitudes of lawyers play a central role in the defense of women offenders. The main purpose of this study is to analyze lawyers' attitudes towards female criminality, and to find out if there are differences between gender, age, and years of professional experience of the participants. To this end, the Attitudes about Female Crime Questionnaire - ACF by Caridade and Nunes (2013) was administered, which aims to analyze attitudes about crime committed by females in a sample consisting of 92 participants, aged between 23 and 71 years, with 35 participants being male and 57 female. The results showed that the attitudes of the lawyers tended to disagree with ideas related to the mental state at the time of the crime, the victimization of the offender, the type, severity, and violence of the crimes, criminal recidivism, substance abuse, and the role of the female offender in justice; however, the participants showed neutral attitudes on issues related to the actions of the security forces and sexual crimes. Differences in lawyers' attitudes towards female criminality were found with regard to the sociodemographic variable gender, as well as statistically significant correlations between age and years of professional experience. These results highlighted the importance of the role of a lawyer throughout the judicial process, particularly in the beliefs they hold as defenders, as well as the insufficiency of scientific knowledge on such an important and emerging topic as female criminality.
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Dissertação de Mestrado
apresentada no ISPA - Instituto Universitário para
obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de
Psicologia Forense.
Keywords
Advogado/a Atitudes Crenças Criminalidade feminina Lawyer Attitudes Beliefs Female criminality