Construção do tema feminicídio nos textos brasileiros de legislação, doutrina e jurisprudência, a partir de um estudo infométrico

Abstract

Gender-based violence transcends borders, impacting women in various social, cultural, and economic contexts. Internationally recognized, this issue is regarded as a human rights violation, exacerbated by state inaction and the lack of effective preventive and combat measures. In Brazil, this problem has occupied the political agenda more prominently since the 2010s, and in 2015, law n. 13.104 was enacted, qualifying femicide as a crime. Despite this law, there is still no definitive solution to the problem or a clear timeline for its eradication. In the field of Brazilian law, there are legislations, doctrinal reflections, and court decisions aimed at addressing this issue. Therefore, it is essential to understand the origins of legal acts on this subject and how legal actors produce texts on femicide, with the goal of fostering national education to eliminate femicide in society. Considering the scenario of legal documentation on femicide, and using law n. 13.104 as a milestone, the general objective of this study is to map the legislation and jurisprudence addressing femicide, as well as to analyze the production, citations, and collaborations within publications (doctrine) by Brazilian legal actors. The specific objectives include identifying and describing the documentary production on femicide in legislation, jurisprudence, and doctrine from 2015 to 2022; verifying the documents preferred by legal practitioners through citation analysis; identifying themes related to femicide through the documents' keywords; and analyzing the co-authorship of produced documents. The methodology adopted was basic in nature, with a quantitative-qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive approach. Legislative, doctrinal, and jurisprudential sources were analyzed using the approach of Metric Studies of Information, organized into three indicators: production, citation, and linkage. The main results indicated a dispersed and limited production: legislation showed the lowest volume, reflecting the nature of legislative processes; jurisprudence had significant participation, especially in Habeas Corpus cases; and doctrine, while contributing significantly to supporting the topic, demonstrated low continuity and specialization among authors. Citation analysis revealed stronger interactions between doctrine and jurisprudence, while legislation tended to cite only other legislative documents. Linkage analysis identified a small number of dense co-authorship networks, with a predominance of transient authors on the topic. In conclusion, the study highlights the contribution of infometric analysis in identifying gaps in legal production on femicide and fostering interdisciplinary debates. The findings underscore the need for greater academic and institutional efforts to consolidate the topic within the legal field and promote more effective public policies to combat gender-based violence.