Helena Grangeia

• PhD
• Professor at Instituto Superior da Maia

A pandemia COVID-19 desenvolveu-se em Portugal, a partir de março de 2019, de forma acelerada, obrigando a adaptações muito rápidas das entidades públicas, dos serviços, das empresas e dos/as cidadãos/ãs, com vista a conter os seus efeitos sanitários, sociais e económicos. A incerteza que carateriza a sociedade contemporânea, em mui- tos dos seus d...

Although the prevalence and associated features of stalking are well known in some countries, in many others, including Portugal, the experiences of stalking victims have remained unexplored until recently. This study aimed to identify the prevalence, characteristics, and impact of stalking victimization within a Portuguese population. A national c...

The aim of this article is to analyse stalking perpetrated by women, from a gender perspective. To this end, we begin by examining the conceptualization of stalking as a form of gender violence that emerges from visible forms of gender inequalities and that affects women disproportionately, stressing the importance of the Istanbul Convention. It al...

In Portugal, stalking has recently been recognized as a crime. This study used an online survey to ask 3,367 college students about their experiences of persistent harassment and targets’ and perpetrators’ perceptions of fear and conduct legitimacy. Targets (34.5%) typically mentioned that they had experienced a frightening experience but considere...

The online grooming - grooming of children and teenagers over the internet - has been the subject of concern among international studies. However, the portuguese context is characterized by the relative lack of knowledge about the phenomenon. This study aims to learn the experiences, perceptions and insecurities of young people about online groomin...

This paper describes the implementation and assessment of a feminist psycotherapeutic intervention with four groups of women victims of partner violence. The main goals guiding this intervention were: 1) to inform about the phenomenon of gender violence, 2) to deconstruct discourses on gender, 3) to reflect on meanings and the impact of personal tr...

Este artigo começa por refletir sobre o modo como a criminalidade e a violência são produzidas em espaços urbanos e como estes fenómenos são conceitualizados a partir de significados que emergem das dinâmicas subjacentes à vida nas cidades. A violência urbana é discutida enquanto conceito não restrito a atos criminais. É representada não só em indi...

Sara, a 20-years-old college student, was a volunteer for the fire-fighting squad of her small village in the Portuguese countryside. José, a 29-year- old fire fighter, worked in the same fire brigade as Sara. José once told Sara that he was in love with her and subsequently pursued her everywhere. He appeared at her college campus and in front of...

This paper aims to reflect about a reality that is still hidden in the national context – stalking – and to analyze the factors that compete to fear as a result of this kind of victimization. The study was conducted with a sample of 236 participants that had reported being a target of stalking in some point of their lives. Victim’s age, sex, and al...

There is no consensual definition of stalking. It varies across countries, and even in the same country, it varies across domains (e.g., legal; scientific). In fact, this is still a debatable and controversial topic that results in different scientific stalking definitions and measures (Sheridan, Blaauw & Davis, 2003). Even so, nowadays stalking is...

This paper aims to reflect about a reality that is still hidden in the national context - stalking - and to analyze the factors that compete to fear as a result of this kind of victimization. The study was conducted with a sample of 236 participants that had reported being a target of stalking in some point of their lives. Victim's age, sex, and al...