Violência contra a mulher: uma análise exploratória sobre os dados da Secretaria da Segurança Pública e Defesa Social do Estado do Ceará

Abstract

Assuming that violence against women is a constant reality in the daily lives of Brazilian women. Overcoming this problem requires the implementation of public policies and effective preventive actions to combat violence against women. Therefore, the general objective of this work is to identify which Integrated Security Areas of the state of Ceará have the highest indicators of violence against women. For this purpose, the database of the Secretaria da Segurança Pública e Defesa Social do Estado do Ceará (SSPDS) to map cases of femicide, domestic violence and sexual crimes. Given the above, by means of an exploratory and descriptive documentary methodology, with a quantitative strategy, it was possible to determine the occurrence of Integrated Security Areas with greater number of records, as well as to present that women of brown and white race; and age group "35 to 64 years" are more likely to suffer such crimes. Thus, the study provides evidence for the adoption and proper direction of public policies to solve this problem.