Women and religious practice before prison: a case study in the Female Prison Unit of Acre

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2021vol21i1a4

Keywords:

Field research. Women. Prisoner. Moral guidance.

Abstract

This article aimed to identify and analyze which variables influenced women’s religious practice before being arrested in the “Female Prison Unit” (UPF) / Acre State-Brazil. For this purpose, a logistic regression on primary data, obtained through the application of questionnaires/interviews, was used on 146 women already sentenced or awaiting trial at UPF. As a result, the model variables (statistically significant) as determinants in the conduct of that interviewed woman, who said she practiced a religion before being arrested, were married parents; worked; had children in adolescence; and years of study. Practicing a religion with moral guidance, she did not distinguish principles or values when her pecuniary interest prevailed in an illicit act.

Author Biographies

Josineide Aquino da Silva Amaral, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Doutora em Desenvolvimento Regional e Agronegócio (2019)- UNIOESTE, Mestre em Desenvolvimento Regional (2014) - UFAC, graduação em Ciências Econômicas (2011) - UFAC.

Pery Francisco Assis Shikida, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

doutorado em Economia Aplicada pela ESALQ/USP (1997); mestrado em Economia Agrária pela ESALQ/USP (1992); graduação em Economia pela UFMG (1989). Presidente da Sociedade Brasileira de Economia, Administração e Sociologia Rural (SOBER) (Gestão 2019-2021). Professor da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Departamento de Economia.

Rubicleis Gomes da Silva, Universidade Federal do Acre

Doutorado em Economia Aplicada (2005) - Universidade Federal de Viçosa, UFV, Brasil; Mestrado em Economia Aplicada (2003) - Universidade Federal de Viçosa, UFV, Brasil. Graduação em Economia (2001) - Universidade Federal do Acre, UFAC, Brasil. Professor de Microeconomia e Econometria da Universidade Federal do Acre - Cepartamento de Economia

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Published

2021-05-28

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2021): Temática livre

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Intercâmbio

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