O problema do tipo legal de violência doméstica

: a exigência de coabitação em caso de vítima vulnerável em razão da idade avançada

Abstract

The present Dissertation intends to study the legal framework of the elderly victims of domestic violence, through a critical analysis of the needed requirement of cohabitation between the elder victim and the crime agent. By trying to define, firstly, what it means to be especially vulnerable due to age by the Portuguese Criminal Law, we will then analyze the al. d), n.º 1 of Article 152.º of CP, namely the obligatoriness of cohabitation between the elderly and their aggressor. We intend, with this study, to demonstrate the still diminished criminal protection of our elderly victims of domestic violence, starting from the cohabitation requirement, required only in the case of particularly vulnerable victims, as a presupposition that creates fragilities for the elderly victims of violence by their relatives, leading them to a double victimization.

Date of Award	23 Sept 2021
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Maria Elisabete Ferreira (Supervisor)