Interação social e crimes femininos: uma análise empírica a partir dos dados do presídio feminino de Brasília

Abstract

This research investigates the relations between social interaction and female criminality that have shown increasing crime rates in recent years. To do so, it uses the database on female criminality from [Presídio Feminino de Brasília] in March 2009. Through the method of discrimination analysis, four groups of four different crime types have been classified. It has been found out that social and economic variables and penalties such as wages earned in legal activities, marital status and time of imprisonment hold a close relationship whit those groups of crime types.