OBJECTIVE: To know the profile of women who formalized a police report at a specialized women's police station and to identify forms of violence suffered by them. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 902 police reports. The data collection instrument was based on selected social and demographic variables of the victims and aggressors, and data related to the type of violence. Descriptive statistic analysis was performed by using SPSS® version 17.0. RESULTS: The profile was composed of young white women, with low educational levels, living in the suburbs. Over half of the reports contained complaints of physical violence, especially attempts of strangulation. Regarding sexual violence, we identified a predominance of rape committed by strangers or intimate partners. Psychological violence was reported in the occurrence of noncompliance to court orders as a new form of violence against women. The findings emphasized the recurrence of police reports by the same victim. CONCLUSION: The profile of women identified among the 902 police reports did not differ from the one described in the literature, and the forms of violence suffered were of a physical, sexual and psychological nature.
Nursing in public health; Comprehensive health care; Nursing care; Violence against women; Domestic violence
