Crime de stalking como forma de violência de gênero

Abstract

This work seeks to contextualize stalking, which is a form of violence in which the aggressor repeatedly invades the victim's privacy, using stalking tactics and various means; in order to achieve its purpose, the paper addresses the recent criminalization of this act in Brazil through Law No. 14,132/2021, pointing out such conduct as a form of gender violence. The aim of this study is to analyze the crime of stalking provided for in article 147-A of the Penal Code, which can configure a type of domestic and family violence against women. This is possible since the act of obsessive stalking has gained ground on the Internet in recent years, in addition to having become a significant topic in the Brazilian judiciary, due to the potential severity of the crime and its close and frequent relationship with domestic violence. Moreover, this dissertation analyses the phenomenon of stalking, with the consequent conceptualization of said conduct, as well as the types of stalkers, the victims and the consequences related to the acts of the stalker. This study also provides a historical, criminological and victimological analysis of stalking, through data collection, the presentation of real cases and the exposure of behavioural elements of perpetrators and victims of this criminal offense, in order to demonstrate that this crime mainly affects women and how this occurs due to the patriarchy.