HOMOPHOBIC CRIMES: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HOMICIDES AGAINST BRAZILIAN MINORITIES.

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Autor/Urheber	Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti; Thaisy Sarmento Batista de Oliveira; Thaliny Batista Sarmento de Oliveira; Christiane Leite Cavalcanti; Alidianne Fabia Cabral Cavalcanti
Institution	Peytchinski Publishing
Titel	HOMOPHOBIC CRIMES: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HOMICIDES AGAINST BRAZILIAN MINORITIES.
Quelle	In: doi:10.5272/jimab.2019252.2486; 1312-773X; Journal of IMAB, Vol 25, Iss 2, Pp 2486-2490 (2019)(2019) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.5272/jimab.2019252.2486
Schlagwörter	Sexual and Gender Minorities; Homosexuality; Violence; Homophobia; Aggression; Dentistry; Medicine (General)
Abstract	Purpose: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of homophobic crimes against Brazilian minorities. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at the Specialized Police for Homophobic Crimes. Information regarding year, age, schooling, sexual orientation LGBT identity, day of week, shift, place of occurrence, type of injury, number of wounds, weapon, numbers of perpetrators, sex, relationship, drug and alcohol use were collected. For bivariate analyses, the Chi-square and Fisher's exact, with significance level of 5% were used. Results: The most affected age group was 19 to 28 years old (50.8%) and in relation to schooling, victims with high school education prevailed (62.3%). Regarding sexual orientation, 88.5% were identified as homosexual, 44.3% were gays and 22.9% were transvestite. Crimes occurred during weekdays (68.8%), at night (41%) and in public roads (63.9%). Of the 61 cases, 91.2% were characterized as homophobic crimes. Predominant lesions were lacerations (77%), and most victims presented multiple lesions (96.7%). Most homicides involve firearms (45.7%), followed by a white weapon (36.6%). Victims were assaulted by one perpetrator (59%). There was a statistically significant association for alcohol and drug use by perpetrators (p = 0.004). Conclusion: Lethal violence against minorities showed a homophobic character, evidenced in the type of weapon used, number of lesions and the target regions. Given this scenario, there is an urgent need for the development of strategies linking security, health, education and legal sciences, enabling professionals in this area to deal with this problem.
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