title: [Unveiling domestic violence against children and adolescents under the point of view of the legal professionals in the municipality of Jardinopolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil].
abstract: Using a grounded qualitative and considering it as capable of expanding the complexity of phenomena, facts, particular and specific processes concerning groups fairly delimitated in extension and that can be intensively affected, this article aims at identifying and analyzing the perceptions of law professionals (prosecutors, prosecution assistants, judicial deputies and judges) concerning the aspects triggering violence against children and adolescents at home. The study was conducted at the Forum of the Municipality of Jardinópolis.-SP, Brazil The results were obtained by means of content analysis, thematic modality. Law professionals attribute the aspects that trigger violence at home to the lack of family structure, precarious social and economic conditions, unstable marriages, mental disorder, alcoholism as well as to the lack of social policies to meet social demands.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: Eliana Mendes
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Roque
authors.forename: Maria das Graças
authors.initials: Md
authors.lastname: Ferriani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003469:Culture; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D005104:Expert Testimony; D005260:Female; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors