MUHERES EM MEDIDA DE SEGURANÇA EM HOSPITAL DE CUSTÓDIA E TRATAMENTO PSIQUIÁTRICO

Abstract

The theme of the work addresses women in security measures in Psychiatric Custody and Treatment Hospitals (HCTP), these are hospitals that house people with mental disorders in conflict with the law. The general objective of this research was to compare the socioeconomic profile of women and men in terms of security measures, using as a basis the 2011 census, the only census in the centenary history of the HTCP, published by Débora Diniz, in 2013. Regarding the methodology, in the first part, quantitative data from the book “Custody and psychiatric treatment in Brazil”, by author Débora Diniz, was used; The second part was an exploratory literature review about the treatment of men and women in the penitentiary system. The discussion of the results shows that the absolute population of incarcerated women grew by 656% between 2000 and 2016, reaching 42,355 women prisoners, with the population of incarcerated men growing by 293% in the same period. The research concluded that there is a differentiation between men and women in relation to psychosocial and behavioral issues, where men stand out more in psychosocial issues, if we consider the high rate of disorder, but there is an emphasis on women when it comes to attacks. against life