Distorsiones Cognitivas en Jóvenes Ofensores de Delitos Sexuales Vinculados al Programa Distrital de Justicia Juvenil Restaurativa en Bogotá

Abstract

In recent years, a significant normative advance has been observed in Colombia, particularly in the area of the SRPA, with respect to the implementation of restorative justice; thus, the field of legal psychology enables the understanding of the nature of criminal behavior and legal processes aimed at the reintegration into society of both victims and offenders. Based on this, the present qualitative-descriptive study approaches cognitive distortions from the model of implicit theories proposed by Ward et al. (2006), on the justification, minimization and denial of sexual offenders, from the beliefs, judgments and biases as a relevant aspect within the purpose of the behavior in these young people. For this purpose, through in-depth interviews and a conceptual mapping, they have been identified and analyzed through the software Atlas. ti, in value of its function, the cognitive distortions of the population of young sexual offenders; concluding in this way, that the distorted thinking found in the chosen population, is presented with a prevalence of certain categories (the nature of the damage, uncontrollability and women are incomprehensible) in coherence with what was associated in other investigations, realizing that social reintegration in the restorative justice model could be strengthened by incorporating these findings to the assessment, intervention and evaluation process.