Incidencia de un programa de mediación, en el desarrollo moral de adolescentes vinculados al SRPA en Ibagué

Abstract

The present research was carried out within the framework of the Colombian legal Juvenile justice system, whose objective was to identify the incidence of a mediation program based on restorative justice, in the moral development of adolescents in conflict with the law, linked to the Criminal Responsibility System in the city of Ibagué. We worked with a type of non-probabilistic type of sample, composed of six (6) adolescents in conflict with the law, linked to the SRPA, with custodial sanction. The age of the participants ranged from 16 to 18 years of age, all male, who were divided by convenience into two groups. The sample also included the participation of three (3) persons as symbolic victims, who participated in the restorative meeting with adolescents from group 1 or experimental. A quasi-experimental design was used, with a comparison of pre-test and post-test groups. For research purposes, the Opinion Questionnaire on Social Problems (COPS), a Mexican short version of the DIT, adapted and validated in Colombia and the mediation protocol, adapted to the Resolution Northwest Restorative Justice Guide, was used, which includes an intervention section on Moral Development, designed by the authors. Among the main findings there was evidence of a positive impact of the program, with an upward trend, which increased development.