Que desafios convocam os operadores da justiça na intervenção na violência contra as mulheres e, especificamente, na violência doméstica? Que movimento reformista tem vindo a ser tentado em Portugal? Que papel para o Ministério Público? Que colaboração com os Órgãos de Polícia Criminal (OPC)?
There have been profound social transformations in Portugal in the last 50 years. Portugal currently adheres to the international and European agenda to prevent domestic violence. In the chapter the Portuguese legislation and the reporting figures regarding domestic violence, the role of the Law Enforcement Agencies, other first responder agencies, and pertinent stakeholders in responding to high impact domesti...
When studying the current Portuguese domestic violence landscape, some police professionals highlighted the case of Porto as a different approach to domestic violence occurrences. We discovered an organisational experience involving a broad partnership and an evident interest in the media. Corresponding to the IMPRODOVA Conceptual framework, the Porto experience merges both an organisational arrangement from th...
When studying the current Portuguese domestic violence landscape, some police professionals highlighted the case of Porto as a different approach to domestic violence occurrences. We discovered an organisational experience involving a broad partnership and an evident interest in the media. Corresponding to the IMPRODOVA2 Conceptual framework, the Porto experience merges both an organisational arrangement from t...
Protesto político e atividade policial: a perceção dos media. Os media participam na construção da imagem das instituições na sociedade, importando conhecer melhor os assuntos a que as pessoas são expostas quotidianamente. No caso da polícia, instituição estratégica no sistema social, este tópico é importante. Os conteúdos transmitidos acerca do trabalho policial constituem-se num discurso que vai refletir--se ...
Media participate in building up the image of the institutions of the society, so it matters to better know the issues to which people are daily exposed. Regarding the police, a strategic institution of the social system, this is an important issue. Contents broadcast regarding the police work constitute a discourse that will reflect on the formation of people’s perception. The construction of this social and p...
Aim: In this paper we developed, based on a bibliographical review, an historical perspective on the evolution of the perspectives on child maltreatment and children. We firstly address the concept of maltreatment, then passing through Antiquity and the Middle Ages, where children were subject to constant abuse, being prevalent the physical abuse, sexual abuse and child labour; then progressing to the Modern Ag...
A crescente preocupação com os aspectos técnicos e éticos da avaliação psicológica, em particular da utilização de técnicas de avaliação, tem-se reflectido na importância que lhes é internacionalmente atribuída. Neste enquadramento, procurámos descrever as percepções e as práticas dos psicólogos portugueses quanto à avaliação psicológica. Com base num inquérito nacional junto de psicólogos (N = 1259), respondid...