“As pessoas nos veem como criminosas, não como heroínas”: O estigma e as respostas de identidade das policiais penais brasileiras

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Carlos Eduardo de Lima
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-499X
Alice de Freitas Oleto
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2582-7413

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Este artigo discute como as policiais penais femininas no sistema penitenciário brasileiro respondem ao estigma associado à sua profissão. Os seguintes temas foram utilizados como referências teóricas: trabalho sujo, estigma, gênero e respostas à identidade estigmatizada. A pesquisa utilizou uma abordagem qualitativa indutiva baseada na teoria fundamentada. Trinta e três policiais penais femininas foram entrevistadas utilizando um questionário com perguntas abertas e um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturado. Os resultados destacam que o trabalho das policiais penais femininas é estigmatizado pela sociedade e pela mídia e que o ambiente de trabalho apresenta diversas características específicas que podem causar invisibilidade, desigualdade de oportunidades e desprezo pelo trabalho das mulheres. Em resposta, as policiais penais femininas se engajam em diversos níveis de ressignificação, criando identidades profissionais e pessoais positivas. Essas ações se manifestam no ambiente de trabalho por meio da diversificação de funções, na vida pessoal por meio do ocultamento da identidade e, em um nível institucional mais amplo, por meio da perspectiva de uma nova carreira, a de uma nova força policial.

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Lima, C. E. de, & Oleto, A. de F. (2025). “As pessoas nos veem como criminosas, não como heroínas”: O estigma e as respostas de identidade das policiais penais brasileiras. Cadernos EBAPE.BR, 23(6), e2024–0156. https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-395120240156
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