Transforming state responses to feminicide : women's movements, law and criminal justice institutions in Brazil

• Main Author: Macaulay, Fiona, 1962- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
• Series: Perspectives on crime, law and justice in the Global South
• Subjects: Women > Crimes against > Brazil.; Women > Crimes against > Brazil > Prevention.; Social Science > Criminology.; Crime & criminology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781800715677
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 pages).

State responses to feminicide in Latin America, characterised in many cases by indifference and incompetence, have caused global concern. This book provides a new and refreshingly positive story from the region by tracing the transformation of state responses to feminicide in Brazil. It is the first...