The Theoretical Deficit of Small Claims Criminal Courts

Authors

  • Carmen Hein de Campos Themis – Assessoria Jurídica e Estudos de Gênero

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2003000100009

Abstract

Small Claims Criminal Courts, though created to deal with minimal offenses, are now found to be judging mostly cases of domestic violence.The male paradigm on which the creation of such courts was based causes a theoretical deficit for not having taken into account feminist criminology and gender. As a consequence of this deficit, court decisions reflect the banalisation of domestic violence and contribute to a massive shelving of suits with a consequent growing dissatisfaction on the part of the victims, all of them women.

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Published

2003-01-01

How to Cite

Campos, C. H. de. (2003). The Theoretical Deficit of Small Claims Criminal Courts. Revista Estudos Feministas, 11(1), 155. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2003000100009

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2003)

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