Bianca Da Silva

VioDemos Ph D. student. Lawyer from the University of Fortaleza, Brazil. Master in Psychology with mention in Community Psychology from the University of Chile. Phd. candidate in Sociology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Her doctoral research project investigates the processes of interaction of women with the Criminal Justice System after sexual victimization. Approaching sexual violence as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon, she explores sexual victimization as part of a social process, as well as justice. In this sense, it challenges research, public policies and legal reforms, based on its interest in understanding the trajectory of these women as citizens in search of justice, analyzing from their motivation to mobilize the law, their perceptions and expectations of justice, and the role of judicial authorities in promoting an experience of justice in the framework of the criminal justice system.