Intervención de justicia restaurativa en dos casos de violencia filio-parental y su efecto en el autoconcepto y narrativas de los participantes

Abstract

The restorative justice as a complement of the penal justice, allows to recognize the damage caused to the victims, aggressors and the community, in order to look after the needs of each one of them, allowing the offender to take responsibility and find a way to repair the harm caused to the victim (Zehr,2010). This investigation, understands as a criminal act, the filial violence, which is a type of domestic violence where children are aggressive towards their parents in different ways (Martinez,et.al., 2015).Therefore, the general objective was conceived to develop case studies of child-parent abuse where the effect of restorative justice can be demonstrated working alongside the adults’ self-concept that have a legal process in the Family Services Agency of Barrios Unidos and the narratives of the respective participants. Consequently, the Family Services Agency of Barrios Unidos referred 2 cases of parental violence, in which a son/daughter, father/mother and other family members were involved as representatives of the community. For this reason, the research used a qualitative methodology in which 22 sessions were carried out between both cases and the data was collected and logged through field diaries. The results showed that the case studies were partially adjusted to a restorative justice process, influenced by factors such as one’s will, history in relationships, and not taking ownership of their responsibility. Additionally, this family conflict has been affecting the perception of the self-concept for the participants in a diminishing way, creating narratives that dawn on the damage, taking accountability for their actions and the difficulty of understanding what is requested by others.