Abstract

In 2015, when Brazil ranked fifth worldwide in the number of women victims of violent deaths, Law No. 13,104 introduced femicide as a qualifying circumstance in the Brazilian Penal Code. In 2016, the Brazilian government published the document National Guidelines for Investigating, Prosecuting, and Judging Violent Deaths of Women from a Gender Perspective. For criminal forensics, these developments brought the challenge of adopting a gender perspective in crime scene investigations involving violent deaths of women. This study analyzes the compliance of procedures adopted by the Crimes Against Life Unit of the Scientific Police of Pará, located in Belém, Pará State, which is responsible for attending all violent death occurrences in the Metropolitan Region of Belém. The research had an applied nature and involved the analysis of data obtained through an electronic questionnaire developed using Microsoft Forms, including qualitative and quantitative questions. The findings revealed partial compliance with national guidelines for the investigation of this type of crime and, unexpectedly, a lack of uniformity in the adoption of certain procedures.