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SANTOS, Hermílio. Women as authors of violence: Evidences and research agenda. Civitas, Rev. Ciênc. Soc. [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.1, pp.42-58. ISSN 1984-7289.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2016.1.23287.

The article points out the lack of attention given by the Brazilian sociology to the involvement of women in crime and violent action, exploring possible reasons for that. A great part of studies analyse the participation of women in criminality and violent action come to the conclusion that this involvement occurs under the subordination to a male partner or assuming secondary roles determined by men. Based on findings of on-going researches, it comes to other results than those available in the sociological literature. Based on the biographical narrative approach, it comes to a variety of roles played by women in crime and violent actions.

Palavras-chave : Women; Violence and crime; Biographical narratives.

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