Raquel Matos
Biographic Data
| ID | 3882656 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raquel Matos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raquel |
| FAMILY NAME | Matos |
| SIGNATURE | MATOS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9108-7388 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“My Life is Already Politics.” The (im)Possibility of Civic and Political Participation among Street-Involved Women who use Drugs in Oporto
Street-involved (SI) women who use drugs are disproportionately impacted by intersectional inequalities, gender-based violence, and stigma. Despite the growing number of collectives and social movements advocating for the rights of women who use drugs, evidence regarding their civic and political participation remains overlooked. This study employs the narcofeminism framework to explore opportunities for developing civic and political literacy, a…
Políticas penales, prisión y género
La prisin es la institucin moderna por excelencia para el ejercicio del control sociopenal, un lugar donde violencias que son prohibidas en otras circunstancias son permitidas, y en donde otras, que se encuentran ampliamente normalizadas -como la violencia de gnero-son trasplantadas en sus propios trminos.El feminismo ha debatido vigorosamente la posibilidad de que la justicia criminal-penal y la institucin penitenciaria puedan no solo reproducir…
At the ‘risky’ end of things
The ‘risky’ label attached to certain groups of young people has disproportionately made them the target of ‘interventions’ designed to monitor, rehabilitate or punish. This article explores how young people experience and respond to that label across many aspects of their lives from school to leisure and from justice to welfare. We employ the notion of self-concept to understand the negative impact of labelling on young people and by contrast, t…
Labelled as ‘risky’ in an era of control
The construction and labelling of groups of young people as ‘risky’ triggers a multifaceted and dynamic social process of stigma that frequently results in reduced life chances and limited opportunities for self-development. Drawing on case-study data from four European countries, this article focuses on the ways in which stigma is reproduced through interactions and interventions that label young people. Our analysis explores how young people ex…
When visibility becomes political
Entre a maioridade penal e a menoridade civil
This study aims to examine the perceptions of professionals working in the judicial field regarding pre-trial detention of youths under 18 years of age. For that purpose, 17 professionals were interviewed. The data analysis showed that in the professionals’ view the measure of pre-trial detention can be a positive factor when the security of society is taken into account; however, it can be a negative factor when only the young offender is taken …
Police officers’ perspectives on state (police) violence
This paper comprises a theoretical and empirical incursion into the phenomenon of state violence, namely police violence. Although extensively explored in different perspectives within and outside academia, police violence is complex and has not been sufficiently problematized yet. In our understanding, this phenomenon requires a dialectical and dynamic discussion wherein both the development of state powers (macro-perspective) and how these powe…
Public protest and police violence
In recent years, in Portugal, public demonstrations of movements such as ‘Que se Lixe a Troika: Queremos as NossasVidas de Volta’ and ‘Geração à Rasca’ have led to police repression highly scrutinized by mass media. However, a specific understanding is still lacking as to how police officers and civil society are construing the repression of this kind of event and also as to how moral agency is thereof inhibited. To police officers (as ‘power-hol…
Trajectories and identities of foreign national women
In Portugal, the proportion of foreign nationals among women inmates rose significantly in the first decade of the 21st Century. This increase draws attention to the need for understanding foreign women’s pathways and their identity (re)construction while in custody. Those were the aims of the research project presented in this article, which comprised in-depth interviews with 41 foreign national women in prison. Results show several migratory pa…
A Psicologia da Paz
No presente artigo é feito o enquadramento histórico e concetual da Psicologia da Paz (Peace Psychology). Esta área tem como objetivo a aplicação dos conhecimentos e métodos da Psicologia à prevenção dos conflitos e à promoção dos direitos humanos e da paz. O enfoque da Psicologia nestas temáticas emergiu em pleno contexto de Guerra Fria, quando as preocupações com a hipótese de uma guerra nuclear ser desencadeada levaram alguns psicólogos a cont…
Cidadãos estrangeiros em Portugal
Neste artigo são analisados três temas de elevada relevância social: 1) a evolução histórica dos fluxos migratórios em Portugal; 2) a construção social da figura do 'imigrante'; 3) a evolução, na última década, dos números e características da população de nacionalidade estrangeira no contexto prisional português. Embora historicamente se associe imigração e crime, a investigação recente não evidencia tal relação e revela que os imigrantes podem …
Discursos sociais sobre a violência de Estado
Assistimos, na actualidade, a uma crescente preocupação com o papel das políticas de acção dos governos na perpetuação de ciclos de violência. No entanto, a violência de Estado (da guerra à tortura, ou à violência policial) foi, até recentemente, um tema negligenciado pela comunidade criminológica(Aas, 2007; Young, 2007). O presente estudo visa conhecer a real extensão da tolerância e legitimação da violência de Estado por parte dos cidadãos comu…
Criminalidade feminina e construção do género
Neste artigo, são analisadas as perspectivas feministas na criminologia, em particular, os discursos sobre criminalidade feminina e construção do género. Parte-se de uma visão ampla sobre feminismos e construção de conhecimento e apresenta-se uma revisão histórica da emergência e da consolidação das perspectivas feministas na criminologia. Discute-se em particular o argumento feminista de que a construção social do género pauta os percursos de vi…
História de abuso durante a infância
O presente estudo insere-se num projecto de investigação mais vasto sobre o contexto psicossocial dos maus tratos e negligência à criança em Portugal. Foi especificamente concebido para analisar a prevalência de história de abuso na infância e adolescência em pais portugueses na comunidade. Os novecentos e trinta e dois pais (506 mães e 426pais) da amostra do estudo, seleccionados na comunidade através de escolas do 1.o ciclo do Ensino Básico, si…
When visibility becomes political
Public protest and police violence
In recent years, in Portugal, public demonstrations of movements such as ‘Que se Lixe a Troika: Queremos as NossasVidas de Volta’ and ‘Geração à Rasca’ have led to police repression highly scrutinized by mass media. However, a specific understanding is still lacking as to how police officers and civil society are construing the repression of this kind of event and also as to how moral agency is thereof inhibited. To police officers (as ‘power-hol…
Police officers’ perspectives on state (police) violence
This paper comprises a theoretical and empirical incursion into the phenomenon of state violence, namely police violence. Although extensively explored in different perspectives within and outside academia, police violence is complex and has not been sufficiently problematized yet. In our understanding, this phenomenon requires a dialectical and dynamic discussion wherein both the development of state powers (macro-perspective) and how these powe…
Trajectories and identities of foreign national women
In Portugal, the proportion of foreign nationals among women inmates rose significantly in the first decade of the 21st Century. This increase draws attention to the need for understanding foreign women’s pathways and their identity (re)construction while in custody. Those were the aims of the research project presented in this article, which comprised in-depth interviews with 41 foreign national women in prison. Results show several migratory pa…
At the ‘risky’ end of things
The ‘risky’ label attached to certain groups of young people has disproportionately made them the target of ‘interventions’ designed to monitor, rehabilitate or punish. This article explores how young people experience and respond to that label across many aspects of their lives from school to leisure and from justice to welfare. We employ the notion of self-concept to understand the negative impact of labelling on young people and by contrast, t…
Discursos sociais sobre a violência de Estado
Assistimos, na actualidade, a uma crescente preocupação com o papel das políticas de acção dos governos na perpetuação de ciclos de violência. No entanto, a violência de Estado (da guerra à tortura, ou à violência policial) foi, até recentemente, um tema negligenciado pela comunidade criminológica(Aas, 2007; Young, 2007). O presente estudo visa conhecer a real extensão da tolerância e legitimação da violência de Estado por parte dos cidadãos comu…
Criminalidade feminina e construção do género
Neste artigo, são analisadas as perspectivas feministas na criminologia, em particular, os discursos sobre criminalidade feminina e construção do género. Parte-se de uma visão ampla sobre feminismos e construção de conhecimento e apresenta-se uma revisão histórica da emergência e da consolidação das perspectivas feministas na criminologia. Discute-se em particular o argumento feminista de que a construção social do género pauta os percursos de vi…
História de abuso durante a infância
O presente estudo insere-se num projecto de investigação mais vasto sobre o contexto psicossocial dos maus tratos e negligência à criança em Portugal. Foi especificamente concebido para analisar a prevalência de história de abuso na infância e adolescência em pais portugueses na comunidade. Os novecentos e trinta e dois pais (506 mães e 426pais) da amostra do estudo, seleccionados na comunidade através de escolas do 1.o ciclo do Ensino Básico, si…
A Psicologia da Paz
No presente artigo é feito o enquadramento histórico e concetual da Psicologia da Paz (Peace Psychology). Esta área tem como objetivo a aplicação dos conhecimentos e métodos da Psicologia à prevenção dos conflitos e à promoção dos direitos humanos e da paz. O enfoque da Psicologia nestas temáticas emergiu em pleno contexto de Guerra Fria, quando as preocupações com a hipótese de uma guerra nuclear ser desencadeada levaram alguns psicólogos a cont…
Cidadãos estrangeiros em Portugal
Neste artigo são analisados três temas de elevada relevância social: 1) a evolução histórica dos fluxos migratórios em Portugal; 2) a construção social da figura do 'imigrante'; 3) a evolução, na última década, dos números e características da população de nacionalidade estrangeira no contexto prisional português. Embora historicamente se associe imigração e crime, a investigação recente não evidencia tal relação e revela que os imigrantes podem …
Trajectories and identities of foreign national women
In Portugal, the proportion of foreign nationals among women inmates rose significantly in the first decade of the 21st Century. This increase draws attention to the need for understanding foreign women’s pathways and their identity (re)construction while in custody. Those were the aims of the research project presented in this article, which comprised in-depth interviews with 41 foreign national women in prison. Results show several migratory pa…
Police officers’ perspectives on state (police) violence
This paper comprises a theoretical and empirical incursion into the phenomenon of state violence, namely police violence. Although extensively explored in different perspectives within and outside academia, police violence is complex and has not been sufficiently problematized yet. In our understanding, this phenomenon requires a dialectical and dynamic discussion wherein both the development of state powers (macro-perspective) and how these powe…
Public protest and police violence
In recent years, in Portugal, public demonstrations of movements such as ‘Que se Lixe a Troika: Queremos as NossasVidas de Volta’ and ‘Geração à Rasca’ have led to police repression highly scrutinized by mass media. However, a specific understanding is still lacking as to how police officers and civil society are construing the repression of this kind of event and also as to how moral agency is thereof inhibited. To police officers (as ‘power-hol…
Entre a maioridade penal e a menoridade civil
This study aims to examine the perceptions of professionals working in the judicial field regarding pre-trial detention of youths under 18 years of age. For that purpose, 17 professionals were interviewed. The data analysis showed that in the professionals’ view the measure of pre-trial detention can be a positive factor when the security of society is taken into account; however, it can be a negative factor when only the young offender is taken …
Labelled as ‘risky’ in an era of control
The construction and labelling of groups of young people as ‘risky’ triggers a multifaceted and dynamic social process of stigma that frequently results in reduced life chances and limited opportunities for self-development. Drawing on case-study data from four European countries, this article focuses on the ways in which stigma is reproduced through interactions and interventions that label young people. Our analysis explores how young people ex…
When visibility becomes political
At the ‘risky’ end of things
The ‘risky’ label attached to certain groups of young people has disproportionately made them the target of ‘interventions’ designed to monitor, rehabilitate or punish. This article explores how young people experience and respond to that label across many aspects of their lives from school to leisure and from justice to welfare. We employ the notion of self-concept to understand the negative impact of labelling on young people and by contrast, t…
Políticas penales, prisión y género
La prisin es la institucin moderna por excelencia para el ejercicio del control sociopenal, un lugar donde violencias que son prohibidas en otras circunstancias son permitidas, y en donde otras, que se encuentran ampliamente normalizadas -como la violencia de gnero-son trasplantadas en sus propios trminos.El feminismo ha debatido vigorosamente la posibilidad de que la justicia criminal-penal y la institucin penitenciaria puedan no solo reproducir…
“My Life is Already Politics.” The (im)Possibility of Civic and Political Participation among Street-Involved Women who use Drugs in Oporto
Street-involved (SI) women who use drugs are disproportionately impacted by intersectional inequalities, gender-based violence, and stigma. Despite the growing number of collectives and social movements advocating for the rights of women who use drugs, evidence regarding their civic and political participation remains overlooked. This study employs the narcofeminism framework to explore opportunities for developing civic and political literacy, a…
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