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SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE OPINION OF AUTHORITIES ABOUT EVIDENCE

Angelita Maria F. Machado Rios e Lilian Milnitsky Stein

The evaluation of sexual offenses against children and adolescents is complex due to the limitation of evidence. In this study, interviews were conducted with 18 participants, nine of them from the investigative stage (Police Officers) and nine from the procedural stage (five Prosecutors and four Judges of Law acting on the area of Children and Youth). The authorities expressed their views on the analysis of the following evidence: the word of the victim, physical traces, other evidences (witnesses, school reports, reports from health and psychosocial professionals) and the confession of the suspect.

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MEDICAL EXPERTISE EVALUATION IN LAWSUIT OF GENDER DYSPHORIA, TRANSSEXUALISM AND TRANSVETISM

Viviam Paula Lucianelli Spina et all., Elcio Rodrigues da Silva, Lucas Pedroso Fernandes Leal, Jonas Aparecido Borracini

In the last decades, with the breakdown of preexisting sociocultural paradigms and concepts, and with the maturation of society, gender identity is no longer seen in the binary form of masculine and feminine, but within a spectrum. The objective of this study is to determine the medical-expert technical criteria for judicial proceedings in cases of gender dysphoria, transsexualism and transvestitism. A non-systematic search was conducted in the Medline, Pubmed and Lilacs databases from 2000 to 2016, and a review of Legal Medicine books and current Brazilian legislation related to the subject.

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PROFILE OF FEMALE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AT THE REGIONAL MEDICAL-LEGAL INSTITUTE OF CUIABÁ

Matheus Ventura et al., Paulo Luiz Nogueira, Mariana Saeme Azevedo Utiyama, Higor Guimaraes Gomes

O objetivo do presente estudo é analisar os aspectos epidemiológicos e clínicos da violência física contra a mulher no ano de 2015 na grande Cuiabá, no intuito de gerar dados estatísticos que possam ser utilizados em políticas públicas voltadas à prevenção e, consequentemente, redução dos casos de violência contra as mulheres na capital mato-grossense.

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MONETARY DEVALUATION OF THE IDEMNITY PAID FOR DEATH IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF LAW #11.945 OF 2009

Gilberto Francisco Brandao e Luiz Eduardo Teixeira

O presente trabalho faz o cálculo da defasagem no valor pago a título indenizatório para vítimas fatais de acidentes automotivos desde entrada em vigor da Lei 11.495 de 2009 até os dias atuais, baseado na inflação oficial do período calculada pelo IPC-A e também no reajuste do prêmio do DPVAT para motocicletas neste período.

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