Nathália Castro

Junior Researcher

Nathália Castro da Silva is a PhD scholar in Criminology at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto. Her research project, entitled ‘Victimised migrant women in interaction with the justice system: vulnerabilities, discourses and practices between Portugal and Brazil’, is funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology - FCT. She holds a master's in Criminology and a Degree in Law. She is a Victim Support Technician and a lawyer registered with the Brazilian Bar Association and the Portuguese Bar Association. Her study interests include victimological research using qualitative methodologies, the study of victimised migrant women, the phenomenon of secondary victimisation in the criminal justice system, critical and intersectional perspectives on data analysis and the development of Narrative Victimology.
She is a member of groups and communities related to her topics of interest, such as the World Society of Victimology (WSV), the International Association of Criminology in Portuguese (AICLP), the Committee on Methodological Approaches and Tools in Migration Research (Meth@Mig) - IMISCOE, and the Help-The-Researchers Working Group - LaEUMiDI.
As a member of the organising committee, she has collaborated on a number of scientific events, such as the Fall Session of the Common Study Programme in Critical Criminology (Porto, 2024). She is currently a member of the scientific committee of the Victimology Masterclass - 1st Edition - ‘Narrative Victimology: From Theory to Practice’, which will be held in 2025 at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto.
 
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