VIOLÊNCIA, GÊNERO E JUSTIÇA: ANÁLISE DAS DECISÕES DO TRIBUNAL DE JUSTIÇA DO ESTADO DE GOIÁS, NOS ANOS DE 2013 E 2014

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the criminal decisions utted by the judges of the Court of Justice of the State of Goias, in the years 2013 and 2014, in cases of jurisdiction’s conflict, established with the purpose to resolve doubts about competence of the judge or tribunal of first instance for appreciate, prosecute and judge cases of violence against women. For this, it was done bibliographic survey, with a multidisciplinary approach, about of the categories of violence against women, gender and judicial power to get a broad view of the phenomenon. Subsequently, through of quantitative and qualitative method, was analyzed, respectively, the characteristics and positioning of Goias Justice through legal arguments affixed to these documents. The results obtained indicate that the Judiciary goiano incorporated the paradigm defined in the Maria da Penha Law to match the social expectations to protect women victims of domestic and family violence, which are in vulnerable situations, weaker position and inferiority in front of the patriarchal power male, because the interpretation given to this particular law was made to prevent the violation of human rights. Allow access to justice meant to recognize the peculiar condition of women as subjects of rights, provide the strengthening of citizenship and empowerment as they feel safer to denounce their aggressors seeking criminal responsibility.