Particularidades del núcleo familiar en mujeres víctimas de violencia de género que inciden en el abandono de los procesos judiciales en Cuenca, enero - junio 2018

Abstract

Domestic violence is a macro social problem, considered since 1996 by the World Health Organization as a public health problem, over time this phenomenon has been increasing and as such refining new forms of violence, a situation that threatens the human rights of the people affected, leaving them with short, medium and long-term consequences. The main purpose of this study is to determine the family characteristics incidents in the abandonment of judicial processes of women victims of gender violence towards their aggressors in the Judicial Unit of Violence against Women and the Family of Cuenca city, as well as to establish the sociodemographic characteristics and forms of gender violence in victims who have left the judicial process evaluating family functionality, type of violence and family power structure. The present investigation is qualitative-quantitative with an intentional study population of 50 women victims of gender violence. The qualitative phase uses the technique of the focal group and the analysis from the Grounded Theory. Quantitatively a cross-sectional descriptive study used a data collection form that included demographic data, study variables, the FFsil scale, the family power structure test, and the risk prediction scale of violence against the couple. Participants belong to dysfunctional homes 36% and severely dysfunctional families 10%; suffer physical violence 82%, psychological violence 92%, sexual violence 38% and patrimonial violence 26%. 76% have abandoned judicial processes. The study concludes that there is a high desertion in the judicial processes due to technical causes and personal causes.