According to the Territorial Department’s Public Security Secretariat (SSP-SP), that figure represents 82 indictments per day, and of the 20,000 total, 232 (33.72 percent) were threats, 12,000 were 270 (20.45) crimes against honor and 11,000 670 (19:45) intentional violations.
A police report can contain more than one criminal nature.
The online DDM was created at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic (late March 2020) to meet the needs of women in vulnerable situations.
Such a scenario has been exacerbated by the social isolation following the arrival of the disease, with the possibility that the would-be attackers are at home.
“More than a quick service, the tool guarantees victims the ability to file complaints, provide evidence and demand protection against online aggressors,” said Jamila Ferrari, coordinator of the Sao Paulo DDM.
The platform is located in the electronic police station, where it is possible to record incidents from any device – mobile or fixed – without leaving home.
Victims can even request protective measures against their attackers.
According to excerpts from the SSP-SP, around 10,000 reports of urgent precautionary measures by the judiciary ended during this period.
One in four Brazilian women over the age of 16 has been subjected to some type of violence during the pandemic, according to a recent study by the Datafolha Institute, commissioned by the Brazilian Public Safety Forum.
The statistic means that around 17 million women (24.4 percent) have suffered physical, psychological or sexual assault.
The percentage represents stability compared to the last survey in 2019, when 27.4 percent said they had suffered an attack.
The indices show that the so-called weaker sex up to the age of 34 suffers the most. Victims between the ages of 16 and 34 account for 63.8 percent of all psychological or physical assaults in the country.
A total of 13 million women (18.6 percent of the total) were victims of a verbal offense such as insult or humiliation.
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