Brazil’s Maria da Penha Domestic Violence Police Patrols: A Second-Response Innovation in Preventing Revictimization

This article examines an innovative domestic violence intervention: some 300 “second-response” police patrols set up since 2015 by military police forces and municipal guards in cities around Brazil. They enforce court-issued protection orders by paying repeat visits to women at high risk, referring...

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Main Author: Macaulay, Fiona (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Journal of contemporary criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 72-87
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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